Two gifts totaling $50,000 are kicking off an international research project led by Penn State Abington professor Pierce Salguero into the diagnosis and treatment of meditation sickness, a largely unknown occurrence in practitioners of intensive meditation.
Penn State Abington provides tutoring, writing consultations, and success coaching at no cost at the Center for Student Achievement. Students are encouraged to visit the center to build their skills before they run into challenges.
Penn State Abington launched more than 225 new alumni into the world at its summer/fall 2022 commencement exercises with Philadelphia City Councilmember At Large Isaiah Thomas, the keynote speaker, encouraging graduates to “keep the Nittany Lion fight in you.”
Lixian Yan has been named the fall 2022 student marshal for the Penn State College of Engineering. She will receive her bachelor of science degree with a double major in electrical engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the College of Engineering and in physics (electronics option) from the Eberly College of Science. Yan attended Penn State Abington before transitioning to the University Park campus.
Jessica Luna-Tlacopilco is graduating from Penn State Abington this week with a 3.7 GPA despite an exhausting daily commute from South Philadelphia while earning a bachelor's degree with a minor and a certificate in chemical dependency and counseling.
Pennsylvania’s representative for the 4th District in Washington, D.C., shared her inspiration for entering public service with Penn State Abington students as well as some of the challenges she believes face the country.
Penn State Abington senior Re'naijah Purvis serves as a resident assistant in the University’s first living learning community focused on global sustainability, and she recently discussed its impact at the Global Sustainable Action: It Starts With Us conference.
Two initiatives for transfer students eased Mark Tyler’s transition from community college to Penn State Abington: a $2,000 RaiseMe scholarship and the STEM Inc. Inclusion and Innovation program.
The sites are open now for Penn State Abington alumni and friends to make gifts to support scholarships and the student emergency assistance fund this GivingTuesday, Nov. 29.
