Erik Suarez lobbied for the creation of a Student Government Association senator position to represent international students, since almost 20% of Penn State Abington's student population comes from outside the United States.
Penn State Abington junior Genesis Berrios-Torres will serve an internship in Spain this summer through the University's Perreault Fellows Program, which provides international experiential learning for students. Berrios-Torres said Penn State Abington’s diversity prepared her for this experience of a lifetime.
A Penn State Abington student was stunned to discover plastics contaminating what she assumed would be the pristine Caribbean Sea. It kickstarted her sustainability mission and focused her on a new career goal, coral restoration.
Penn State Go, the official all-in-one mobile app, is available to download in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Penn State Go delivers single sign-on access to features including Canvas, Penn State email, shuttle bus tracking, campus maps, grades, class schedules, tuition bills via LionPATH, LionCash+, library services, Starfish academic advising, and more.
When Crystal McLeod earned her CPR and first aid certification at Penn State Abington on Nov. 9, she had no idea that just nine days later she would save her own mother’s life.
You need both hands to count the number of committees, commissions and boards on which Patrick Bampfield has served. And if you add his part-time job and his studies in corporate communication at Penn State Abington, you’ve filled out that second hand and then some.
Whether it’s through class gifts focused on student mental health and food insecurity or their everyday commitment to supporting student wellness and helping those in need, Penn State President Eric Barron highlights the many ways that Penn State students show care and compassion for their peers in his latest blog.
Earlier this year, Penn State announced that Paul and Beverly Perreault had provided a million dollar endowment for both international internships and veterans issues. In November, the endowment came to life with the opening of the Penn State Student Veteran Center, and with the announcement of the first round of Perreault Fellows.
