A new cross-platform media and outreach project produced by WPSU Penn State aims to help raise awareness of evidence-based practices, programs and policies to prevent and treat opioid abuse, and to identify barriers that prevent the adoption and spread of effective practices and policies. A 30-minute television show will air at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 on WPSU-TV to explore some of these issues.
The Pathway to Success: Summer Start program at Penn State Abington provides a group of incoming first-year students with the opportunity to earn college credits while preparing them for the rigors of college. The intensive summer program also provides students with scholarship support, eligibility for a campus job, and mentoring.
Philanthropist and real estate developer Steve Korman escorted PaSSS students for a day of community service at MANNA, which supplies meals to people with critical illnesses.
The Send Silence Packing exhibit appeared throughout Penn State Abington this week, allowing the campus community to read letters written by the loved ones of suicide victims attached to backpacks to represent those lost to suicide. The goal of this traveling exhibit is to end the silence that surrounds mental health issues and suicide.
