Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education.
The national College Sports Communicators organization awarded Greg Pellegrino, the sports information director at Penn State Abington, its annual Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award for civic involvement, community service and accomplishments both within and outside the profession.
Penn State Abington student hosted parents at the township library to discuss evidence-based research caregivers can use to select books for younger children that address inclusion and social justice issues.
A newly awarded $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant will allow a group of multidisciplinary researchers at Penn State, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, to develop an early warning system for identifying and responding to emerging substance use threats such as the rise of fentanyl overdoses in our communities.
Seven Penn State campuses have created the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office hosted a golf outing on Sept. 26 that raised more than $60,000 to endow a new scholarship at Penn State Abington.
A professor at Penn State Abington and an advocate for battling the stigma surrounding mental illness, substance use, addiction and vulnerable populations are the driving force behind the Oct. 12 performance of This Is My Brave - The Show at Penn State Abington. It features original performances by community members who have suffered from the impact of stigma.
The Penn State Abington campus community marked Constitution Day with an event featuring speaker Nina Ahmad, president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Organization for Women, who encouraged students to learn about the issues, vote, and lift others through the process.
More than two-thirds of children experience at least one traumatic event by the age of 16, which impacts all aspects of their development, according to a licensed professional counselor who led one of a series of workshops designed to provide teachers with strategies to provide improved outcomes for these children. The workshops are designed and offered by Penn State Abington Continuing Education.
Two teams from Penn State Abington joined a national coalition of more than 55 colleges and universities at the 2023 Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience. The three-day series of workshops, panels and provocations was aimed at improving equitable access and outcomes for low-income, first-generation, and students of color at the institutions.
