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LA497 model

No comfort zone: New learning mode challenges students, faculty

It's week three of a new interdisciplinary course at Penn State Abington, and the students and team of instructors are shifting paradigms, thinking outside of boxes, and working out of their comfort zones. But how does one process emotionally and socially a completely new way of thinking and working? Posts on the course website provide some insight.
Joe Oakes

New Abington course models integrated teaching

C. Pierce Salguero set the bar high on the first day of a new class, LA497, at Penn State Abington: "This will be one of the most interesting and exciting courses any of you will ever take in college." With that bold statement, Salguero and his seven teaching teammates started down a rabbit hole of sorts, immersing 24 hand-picked students in a groundbreaking model of integrated teaching and learning.
Stephany Tang

Molding her own college experience

Stephany Tang earned two Penn State bachelor’s degrees than 18 months all the while thoughtfully combining her interests and talents to sculpt her own college experience and extend relationships and ventures beyond her time at Penn State Abington.
Lunsford Jones basketball

Penn State Abington sports scoreboard

A record number of Penn State Abington athletes earn academic recognition, and a basketball player shoots his way into the 1,000-point club. Don't miss Abington athletics scores and achievements from Dec. 14, 2014, through Jan. 10, 2015.