Penn State Abington's Alexia Hudson-Ward and her American Library Association (ALA) colleagues marked Banned Books Week by sharing excerpts from controversial titles. Hudson-Ward chose a passage from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," dedicating it to ALA member Cynthia Hurd. Hurd was among nine people murdered inside a Charleston, S.C., church this summer.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron and Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Q. Richardson held a ribbon cutting Dec. 17 with City Center Lehigh Valley President J.B. Reilly and local dignitaries for the co-working space of Lehigh Valley LaunchBox at Velocity, City Center Lehigh Valley’s startup business incubator in downtown Allentown. Lehigh Valley LaunchBox is an initiative of Invent Penn State.
With the option of completing one of 22 undergraduate majors at Abington or starting 275 majors here and completing them at University Park, you will feel the power of community. Seize your moment today, at Penn State Abington.
Melissa Aguilar share why Penn State Abington made for the ideal college experience. She took advantage of the opportunities, resources, and benefits of a smaller campus. But she still immersed herself in the Penn State family through THON and football games.
Penn State alumna Gloria Lewis '79 developed an award-winning commercial for Penn State Abington starring students. Her firm, Cornerstone Pictures, creates film projects for clients nationwide.
Penn State Abington student Andy Vo earned the 2016 Bertha Lear Award for New Media. He crafted 'The Dove' for an exercise in integrating a modeled environment with a simple rigged character. "The challenges of modeling, lighting, camera motion, video overdub, and other technical flourishes aren't considered attainable in a first animation project but not for Andy," H. John Thompson, art faculty, said. "He leapfrogged this simple project into a legitimate and fully-formed narrative."
