William Alton picked up his bachelor's degree from Penn State Abington in May and packed up for Italy to follow his dream. His major in Corporate Communication afforded him a world of opportunities, and he chose one that requires all of the skill sets he honed at Abington -- playing professional basketball with other athletes from around the globe.
Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler announces that Director of Athletics Karen Weaver will leave at the end of this month to assume a faculty position at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler announced today (Aug. 1) that the college has achieved full active membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III, effective Sept. 1.
The prowess of 22 Penn State Abington student-athletes in the classroom was recognized last week when they were named North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Scholar Athletes for the 2011-12 academic year.
The joyful noise - the jokes, shouts and general commotion that comprise the soundtrack of Penn State Abington - has dropped a few notches in volume. The raucous laugh is gone, retired along with its owner after echoing around the campus for portions of six decades.
Bob Barton, senior instructor of kinesiology, called it a career at the end of the spring semester, leaving behind indelible traces of the infectious optimism that he first brought to Abington as a student in the late 1960s.
When Joan Robbins was 3, her mother asked why she was climbing behind the television in their Northeast Philadelphia home. "Because I want to be in television," little Joan firmly replied. Today, Robbins, a 1971 Penn State alumna, is definitely in television, and she just acquired the ultimate piece of TV-industry bling: a Daytime Emmy award, the happy outcome of her first nomination in a 40-year career.
Most Americans learn about the military reaction to disasters like Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 11 and The Deepwater Horizon oil spill from websites and media outlets. But P.J. Capelotti experienced them first-hand. Capelotti, associate professor of anthropology at Penn State Abington, stood on the unsteady decks of U.S. Coast Guard vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico and painstakingly recorded the experiences of these first responders to be shared with future generations.
If the employment climate for recent college graduates looms as a dark cloud, then the story of Caterina Moreira may just be its silver lining.
Caterina Moreira graduated from Penn State Abington on May 14, 2012. Along with her full health benefits, she will earn between $30,000 and $50,000 this year. She also will be eligible for up to $10,000 to repay her student loans or to finance graduate school.
Penn State just beat its own record. With at least 70 students signed up to Teach for America this year (the organization will have the final numbers by fall), Penn Staters are showing their commitment to expand educational opportunities for elementary and secondary school students in low-income areas.
Penn State Abington Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler has announced that the campus No Place for Hate (NPFH) initiative has been honored by Penn State University with the prestigious Educational Program of the Year Award.