A student team from Hof University of the Applied Sciences emerged victorious after weeks of intense preparation for the Penn State Abington International Case Competition. Another group from Hof, Abington's German affiliate, captured second place and a four-member squad from Abington placed third.
The Penn State Abington women's soccer team captured its first North Eastern Athletic Conference tournament title on Nov. 6, besting host Lancaster Bible College in an epic match that was decided in a shootout. It is the first time an Abington team has won an NEAC conference title.
Hollywood creates attorneys who seem to have it all: Ivy League pedigrees, amazing wardrobes and the unfailing ability to enthrall a courtroom and to articulate their cases. Penn State Abington and the Walnut Street Theatre have created an original continuing legal education program to teach attorneys the physical and mental techniques that actors successfully employ. "Taking the Stage at America's Oldest Theatre: How Acting Skills Can Make You a Better Advocate" will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Center City Philadelphia theater.
Penn State Abington students showcased their usual flair for fun during the annual Thanksgiving feast in the Lares cafeteria last week. They were joined by a live turkey who didn't seem a bit concerned that one of his brethren was the highlight of the meal - he just waddled up to the buffet followed by more than 100 other students.
Research into gratitude communications has given Penn State Abington senior Courtney Greenberg and Assistant Professor Ross Brinkert a head start on appreciating the award they received at the National Communication Association's annual convention in New Orleans last month.
Search You Tube for "first Internet baptism" and a pastor clad in an Ed Hardy shirt pops up. As he begins the ritual, it becomes clear that the woman is over 600 miles away and is actually being anointed in her bathtub by her mother-in-law. The pastor is simply guiding the service over the Internet.
Kevin Szafranski -- baseball player and fan of country music -- was always smiling. Ask his Penn State Abington baseball coach, Joe Pavlow: "Kevin always had a smile on his face."
Kevin's friend and Abington teammate Patrick Moran elaborated: "Kevin was always smiling. And I mean, all the time. Even if he was having a rough game or complaining, he was smiling. I will never forget his smile. I don't think anyone could -- his smile was truly one of a kind."
Kevin, 23, died suddenly in his sleep last month, and his friends and teammates at Abington are struggling to process their loss and honor his memory.
This fall, three teams of engineering students at Penn State Abington worked to build 3-D printers. While the term "3-D" is popularly associated with movies and games, "printing" in three dimensions has become critical to professional engineers. It allows them to create prototypes rapidly and relatively inexpensively, which decreases the time it takes for a product to move into the marketplace, according to Howard Medoff, associate professor of engineering at Abington campus.
The students in Medoff's EDSGN 100 class worked to build the printers from a kit. The class, required for all engineering majors who often refer to it as e-design 100, is typically populated with first-year students who "are assigned fun projects to see what engineers do," he said. "The students have the opportunity to create, build and break things."
Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington will be speaking at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19 at the Penn State Learning Center in Lewistown. Miller's presentation "Hemingway in Letters, Literature and Life" will be offered in conjunction with the Learning Center's community lecture series, "Lobby Lectures." The public is invited. To register, call 717-248-9618. Then at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 20 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus, Miller will deliver a talk titled "Searching for the Lost Generation" as part of the Penn State Forum Speaker Series. This event is open to the public and the charge is $18 per ticket. To register and for more information go online to: http://pennstateforum.psu.edu. Miller will continue her travels and speaking engagements in the eastern part of Pennsylvania during the spring. Stay tuned for schedule updates.