Penn State Abington Career and Professional Development staff invest weeks into preparing students for the annual Spring Career Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, March 1. Here are their top recommendations to prepare students to meet recruiters.
Jack Darnell, an adult student majoring in integrative arts, designs and constructs wooden flutes while working full time, composing music for his next record, and taking courses focused on music production and entrepreneurship.
A series of seed grants from the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses has provided Penn State campus leaders with the support to implement transformative initiatives and best practices that have been successful at other University campuses.
Leilani and Kevin Fox met as Penn State Abington students. Two decades later, with flourishing careers and young children, they maintain connections to the campus and Penn State through friendships and volunteer work.
First-generation college student Michael Quinn has found opportunities and success at Penn State despite the academic challenges he faced in high school.
Roger Brindley, vice provost for Penn State Global; Andrea Dowhower interim vice president for Student Affairs; and Renata Engel, vice provost for online education, share resources available for individuals who have been impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, as well as ways to help with the rescue and recovery.
The Barnes & Noble College grant will help defray digital courseware access fees for financially distressed Penn State Abington students, and a second grant for $1,000 will support financial literacy programs.
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence announced the inaugural recipients of its spring 2023 Advancing Equity and Inclusion grants. The aim of the grant program is to enable change at a broad level and focus on a program, department, division, college or campus.
A Penn State Abington engineering major is flourishing academically and laying the groundwork for the future by capitalizing on opportunities open to undergraduates, including research and presenting at professional conferences with the support of his faculty mentor.
