Young women in the Volta region of Ghana received packages of reusable period products and other hygiene items thanks to Keisha Johnson from Penn State Abington, who visited the nation with students as part of an English course. She initiated a feminine hygiene products drive after learning that taxes often preclude women and girls from purchasing the supplies.
Keisha Johnson originally traveled to Ghana for 10 days with Penn State Abington faculty to support students enrolled in an embedded course — and ended up helping young women and girls who live 5,000 miles away from her Philadelphia home.
"Where Beauty's At": Expressions of Black Visual Culture — Feb. 2–Sept. 9, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library. Drawing upon Penn State's Special Collections and University Archives, the exhibition explores historical and creative works by Black writers and artists and considers the relationship between history, politics, creativity and visual expression. Works on view include poetry broadsides, posters, book cover designs, photograph albums and artists' books.
The Penn State Abington Career and Professional Development team was in high gear preparing students for the Spring Career Fair on Feb. 28. In addition to resume reviews and interview practice sessions, students staged a fashion show with examples of acceptable clothing choices for the Career Fair.
Something big has landed at Penn State Abington. Meet Abu, an 8-foot high sculpture developed by visual artist Miguel Horn to honor his father who was battling an illness. Horn combined technology with traditional sculpture techniques to construct this massive art piece, which at one point was placed in the Delaware River at Penns Landing. Abu lights up at night and will be in the amphitheater for a year.
Abu, on display in Penn State Abington's outdoor amphitheater, was created by Philadelphia artist Miguel Horn as he processed a serious illness that his father battled several years ago. It encapsulates the shared challenges humans face when confronting aging and illness in a loved one.
Penn State Abington is the second home for Abu, an 8-foot sculpture that explores what it means to be human and to experience a family member who is ill or aging. It was torn apart by a freak storm when it was initially installed in the river at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.
