Penn State Abington students will benefit from the campus' share of a $1.7 million grant aimed at increasing the number and diversity of graduates from the engineering major.
Supporting INVENT Penn State -- President Eric Barron’s vision of building a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem around campuses throughout Pennsylvania -- six Commonwealth Campuses have been awarded seed funding aimed at enhancing local partnerships and entrepreneurial environments.
Three hundred new Penn State Abington alumni were unleashed on the world at spring commencement, but they were urged to carefully balance achievement and humanity.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Education Equity announced the University programs that will be supported by Equal Opportunity Planning Committee funding in summer 2015 and academic year 2015-16.
As part of Penn State’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about sexual violence, the University is marking Sexual Assault Awareness month in April, with events slated to take place at campuses across the Commonwealth. Those events include lectures, film screenings, self-defense training, “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” events and other educational programs.
A second career entrepreneur who transformed her family's eldercare dilemma into a solution for seniors throughout the Philadelphia region shared her journey as the Penn State Abington fall 2014 commencement speaker.
A conversation about last month's protests in Ferguson, Missouri, are the type of discussions that happen frequently at Abington, a byproduct of the campus' diverse population. A faculty member challenged the community: "What do we do? You are the best and the brightest. What do we do?"
In the weeks leading up to his official appointment on May 12, Eric Barron and Penn State’s first lady, Molly Barron, have crisscrossed the Commonwealth, hearing from students, faculty, staff and community leaders at Penn State’s campuses. In every case, Barron said, he has been struck by the commitment to excellence in education, to student success and to the surrounding community.
