Penn State Abington students in the Intersection in the student union building for a program featuring psychologist, poet, and actor Dr. Michael Fowling.
The internationalization and diversity of Penn State Abington stand are among Dr. Sandler's legacies. She worked to build the population of international students, supported visiting scholars including a residency by a Tibetan monk and artist. She also encouraged the development of more courses with required travel components.
Pradip Bandyopadhyay, professor of physics and head of science at Penn State Berks, is co-leading a new collaborative program to increase the number and diversity of graduating engineering students at Penn State.
Penn State President Eric Barron, pictured here during a discussion at Penn State Mont Alto on April 18. During his visits to Penn State's campuses ahead of his first day on May 12, Barron gathered ideas from students, faculty, staff and community leaders in six broad areas, including excellence, student engagement, diversity and demographics, student career success and economic development, accessibility, and technology.