Loved ones, faculty and staff were joined by keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., to celebrate the summer/fall 2023 graduating class at Penn State Abington.
Barbara and Sam Evans, class of 1971, were both in their first semester at Penn State Abington, then known as the Ogontz campus, when they met by chance outside of the Sutherland Building. Recently, a bench outside of the building was dedicated to the pair.
Anthony Scairretto, John Donato, John Paone, Joseph Salice, Pat Costa and the other boys from South Philly see each other year round and gather with their extended families for an annual holiday party. They met at Penn State Abington in 1965.
A dozen young men from South Philadelphia met at Penn State Abington in 1965 as the first in their families to pursue a college degree. Almost six decades later, their families still dine, travel and celebrate together while supporting the campus.
Steve Taub, Penn State alum, established the Germer-Taub Business Leadership Fund, which is named after his beloved grandmother and aunt whose resilience and determination inspired him.
The Germer-Taub Business Leadership Fund provides qualified Penn State Abington juniors and seniors with up to $10,000 in scholarships and an additional $2,500 for their internships.
The three-acre Pollinator and Bird Garden at The Arboretum at Penn State, on the University Park campus, is one of numerous garden spaces at The Arboretum at Penn State, one of seven founding campuses in the Commonwealth Arboreta Network. The goal of the network is to create an arboretum at each of the 24 Commonwealth campuses
