Penn State Abington supports the next generation of STEM majors through Engineering Ahead, an academic enhancement program for incoming first-year students. It is designed to help them succeed in crucial coursework during their first year of college and beyond. The five-week hybrid program features math instruction, seminars and networking with industry professionals.
Community members will perform original pieces focusing on living with stigma from mental illness, substance use, and other conditions at This Is My Brave - The Show at Penn State Abington at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office hosted a golf outing on Sept. 26 that raised more than $60,000 to endow a new scholarship at Penn State Abington.
A professor at Penn State Abington and an advocate for battling the stigma surrounding mental illness, substance use, addiction and vulnerable populations are the driving force behind the Oct. 12 performance of This Is My Brave - The Show at Penn State Abington. It features original performances by community members who have suffered from the impact of stigma.
Andrew August, vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of history at Penn State Abington, will serve as the campus' interim chancellor during the search for a successor to Margo DelliCarpini, who has been appointed Penn State's vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor.
Margo DelliCarpini, chancellor and dean of Penn State Abington, has been named vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor, effective Oct. 1.
The Penn State Abington campus community marked Constitution Day with an event featuring speaker Nina Ahmad, president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Organization for Women, who encouraged students to learn about the issues, vote, and lift others through the process.
Penn State Abington students enrolled in a collaborative course at a Bucks County working history museum spent the spring semester immersed with working artisans and developing skills that have led to internships and jobs. Their work also resulted in a new exhibition in the Penn State Abington art gallery.
Saul Flores, the son of undocumented immigrants who walked 5,000 miles from Latin America to North Carolina, told Penn State Abington students that discovering the community they were meant to serve can lead to immense change.
Zhanel DeVides, assistant professor of accounting at Penn State Abington, is in Finland this semester researching how the gender of corporate executives influences market expectations for future earnings.
