A partnership to support students from Philadelphia’s largest public high school as they apply to Penn State has yielded impressive results in just three years and now the University is expanding its efforts with a micro-scholarship program worth as much as $16,000.
Colleen Kelsey graduated from Penn State Abington last week, but before she left for her home in Florida she reflected on the last four years and her goals for herself when she turns 30.
A second career entrepreneur who transformed her family's eldercare dilemma into a solution for seniors throughout the Philadelphia region shared her journey as the Penn State Abington fall 2014 commencement speaker.
Abington students delivered almost four tons of food to Philadelphia area's largest hunger relief organization. The resulting video took off on Penn State social media.