The start of fall semester at Penn State Abington marks, for many students, the start of their first time living on their own, and with independence comes the need for personal responsibility for one’s own safety and security.
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.
Police and Public Safety at Penn State Abington plans to offer a series of safety trainings. The first, Active Shooter Readiness Training, will be held on Sept. 25.
Penn State Abington has partnered with artist David Buckley Borden to create a temporary public art installation through Penn State’s Campus Arts Initiative. It will present a visualization of data surrounding climate change with Abington students engaging in the outdoor sculpture’s development process.
Come to Penn State Abington throughout the fall for films, theater and a discussion, in partnership the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, about the future of higher education.
