Thirteen honored as College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni
4/9/13
Thirteen Penn State engineers were honored on April 9 at the annual Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards ceremony at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
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$1 million Lucas gift endows industrial engineering professorship
2/27/13
A $1 million gift from Tom Lucas, an industrial engineering alumnus, and his wife, Nicki, will create the Lucas Professorship in Industrial Engineering. "This generous endowment from Tom and Nicki gives us the opportunity to attract a pre-eminent faculty member to our department," said Paul Griffin, Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair.
Alle-Kiski Society pizza party set for Feb. 9 basketball game
2/6/13
Offering a brief respite from the winter doldrums and the capricious weather of western Pennsylvania, the Alle Kiski Society of the Penn State Alumni Association is sponsoring a pizza social in conjunction with the Penn State New Kensington men's basketball game at noon Feb. 9 against Penn College, at the Athletics Center.
Penn State alumni and friends are invited to join fellow Penn Staters to cheer on the New Kensington Lions and to enjoy free pizza during post-game festivities in the lobby of the center. The team will be looking for the first win for new head coach Joe Mandak. An assistant coach for three years, Mandak took over for Doug Schneider, who resigned in January. Admission to both the game and pizza social is free to the public.
Annual blood drive to benefit THON set for today
2/5/13
Helping save lives is always in season. Faculty, staff and students at Penn State Greater Allegheny will be doing just that during the annual THON Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Feb. 6), in the Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center.
Alumni Bowl-a-thon registration, sponsorship forms now online
1/30/13
Registration and sponsorship forms for the alumni society's 11th annual Alumni Bowl-a-thon are available on the Penn State New Kensington website.
Sponsored by the Alle-Kiski Alumni Society, the Bowl-a-thon is slated for 1 to 4 p.m. April 7, at Wildlife Lanes in Lower Burrell, Pa. This is a family-fun event for students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Penn State. The entry fee is $20 and includes three games and shoe rental. Four- or five-person teams may sign up, or individuals may sign up and be assigned to a short-handed team.
The Bowl-a-thon is the alumni group's major fundraiser in the spring, and the proceeds support the society's endowed scholarship and campus projects. Lane sponsorships are available for $50 and $100.
Couple gives $2.5 million to endow chair in industrial engineering
1/24/13
An industrial engineering alumnus and his wife have made a $2.5 million gift to the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State for a faculty chair focused on energy and energy policy research.
"Energy and energy policy is one of the most important issues for our nation to address," said Paul Griffin, the Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair. "Industrial engineering can play an important role in this area for users, providers and policymakers. This includes assisting organizations to use energy more efficiently, developing new decision-support technologies for energy providers for generation and distribution and helping inform energy policymakers of the true costs and risks of energy alternatives from a systems perspective. Having an endowed chair in this area will allow our department to leverage our existing strengths and establish a strong foundation that we can build from to better address energy challenges."
'Produce for the People' project draws alumni volunteers
1/23/13
Board members of the Alle-Kiski Society of the Penn State Alumni Association volunteered Dec. 11 for a food distribution program at the Valley News Dispatch in Tarentum, Pa. Produce for People, a monthly program for low-income families, provided groceries to 360 local residents during a two-hour period.
Organized by the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, the program is held the second Tuesday of the month, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at two distribution sites: one for cold weather and one for warm weather. During the winter months, December to April, the distribution site is the newspaper's mailroom. During the spring, summer and fall months, the site is Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Harrison, Pa.
Nursing Home Administrator course
1/22/13
Penn State Greater Allegheny Continuing Education offers educational seminars for nursing home administrators and other health care professionals.
Electrical engineering grad Shani Allison named Distinguished Alumni
1/22/13
Shani Allison, a 2001 electrical engineering alumna, was one of seven Penn State alumni named Jan. 18 by the University's Board of Trustees as a recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Alumnus receives $5M to develop groundbreaking HIV/heroin vaccine
1/17/13
A Penn State alumnus who attended both Penn State Hazleton and University Park, has won an award that will pay him $5 million to research his proposal to develop a vaccine against HIV that also prevents heroin addiction.
Gary R. Matyas, a 1978 Penn State graduate in biophysics, captured the 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development from the National Institute on Drug Abuse with his plan to attack twin scourges.
"There is a strong correlation between heroin abuse and HIV infection, especially in developing countries," Matyas said of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS. "The possibility of creating a combination heroin/HIV vaccine provides an important opportunity to address both a unique treatment for heroin abuse as well as continuing the quest to develop an effective preventive HIV vaccine."
New Kensington campaign chairs score support for Penn State hockey
1/16/13
The new Penn State ice hockey team received rave reviews from Penn Staters over the holiday break as more than 20,000 fans attended the inaugural Three Rivers Classic, Dec. 28 and 29, in Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center. And Penn State New Kensington played an active role in igniting the local alumni base.
The Nittany Lions, in their first year of NCAA-Division I play, took third-place in the four-team tournament, falling to eventual champion Robert Morris University, 6-0, in the opener and defeating Big Ten rival Ohio State, 5-4, in the consolation game.
Patrick and Mardelle Kopnicky, co-chairs of the campus' For the Future campaign, organized alumni socials for both days of the tournament. The socials were co-sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association and the Nittany Lion Club.
HRIM alum returns to Penn State as Nittany Lion Inn GM
1/14/13
As the new general manager of The Nittany Lion Inn, Tom Neely has gone full circle--and he couldn't be happier about it. With a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, 25 years of experience in the hotel industry, and a vivacious passion for the University, Neely says he's proud to be part of the Penn State community again.
Board of Trustees announces candidates for officers
1/11/13
Penn State's Board of Trustees will elect a new chair and vice chair at its Friday, Jan. 18, public meeting at the University Park campus, and has received an expression of interest in leadership positions from the following trustee candidates:
-- Chair, Board of Trustees: Keith E. Masser;
-- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees: Stephanie N. Deviney.
In addition to these candidates, nominations still may be made at the time of the election.
Greater Allegheny plans Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities
1/10/13
On Jan. 21, instead of having the day off, students from Penn State Greater Allegheny will travel to Penn State DuBois to join students from other regional Penn State campuses for the Martin Luther King Jr. A Day On, Not A Day Off community service event. Also, a multi-media performance of "King's Dream" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, in Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center. The performance is an inspiring tribute to the life and teachings of King.
Basketball tailgate event set for Jan. 30
1/10/13
Penn State York's sixth annual Chili, Chips and Cheer Basketball Tailgate Party will be held Jan. 30 before the women's and men's basketball teams take on Penn State Brandywine. Refreshments will be offered prior to the games. The women's team plays at 6 p.m. and the men play at 8 p.m. in the gym in the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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$1 million Lucas gift endows industrial engineering professorship
2/27/13
A $1 million gift from Tom Lucas, an industrial engineering alumnus, and his wife, Nicki, will create the Lucas Professorship in Industrial Engineering. "This generous endowment from Tom and Nicki gives us the opportunity to attract a pre-eminent faculty member to our department," said Paul Griffin, Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair.
Thirteen honored as College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni
4/9/13
Thirteen Penn State engineers were honored on April 9 at the annual Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards ceremony at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
Alle-Kiski Society pizza party set for Feb. 9 basketball game
2/6/13
Offering a brief respite from the winter doldrums and the capricious weather of western Pennsylvania, the Alle Kiski Society of the Penn State Alumni Association is sponsoring a pizza social in conjunction with the Penn State New Kensington men's basketball game at noon Feb. 9 against Penn College, at the Athletics Center.
Penn State alumni and friends are invited to join fellow Penn Staters to cheer on the New Kensington Lions and to enjoy free pizza during post-game festivities in the lobby of the center. The team will be looking for the first win for new head coach Joe Mandak. An assistant coach for three years, Mandak took over for Doug Schneider, who resigned in January. Admission to both the game and pizza social is free to the public.
Annual blood drive to benefit THON set for today
2/5/13
Helping save lives is always in season. Faculty, staff and students at Penn State Greater Allegheny will be doing just that during the annual THON Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Feb. 6), in the Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center.
Alumni Bowl-a-thon registration, sponsorship forms now online
1/30/13
Registration and sponsorship forms for the alumni society's 11th annual Alumni Bowl-a-thon are available on the Penn State New Kensington website.
Sponsored by the Alle-Kiski Alumni Society, the Bowl-a-thon is slated for 1 to 4 p.m. April 7, at Wildlife Lanes in Lower Burrell, Pa. This is a family-fun event for students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of Penn State. The entry fee is $20 and includes three games and shoe rental. Four- or five-person teams may sign up, or individuals may sign up and be assigned to a short-handed team.
The Bowl-a-thon is the alumni group's major fundraiser in the spring, and the proceeds support the society's endowed scholarship and campus projects. Lane sponsorships are available for $50 and $100.
Couple gives $2.5 million to endow chair in industrial engineering
1/24/13
An industrial engineering alumnus and his wife have made a $2.5 million gift to the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State for a faculty chair focused on energy and energy policy research.
"Energy and energy policy is one of the most important issues for our nation to address," said Paul Griffin, the Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head Chair. "Industrial engineering can play an important role in this area for users, providers and policymakers. This includes assisting organizations to use energy more efficiently, developing new decision-support technologies for energy providers for generation and distribution and helping inform energy policymakers of the true costs and risks of energy alternatives from a systems perspective. Having an endowed chair in this area will allow our department to leverage our existing strengths and establish a strong foundation that we can build from to better address energy challenges."
'Produce for the People' project draws alumni volunteers
1/23/13
Board members of the Alle-Kiski Society of the Penn State Alumni Association volunteered Dec. 11 for a food distribution program at the Valley News Dispatch in Tarentum, Pa. Produce for People, a monthly program for low-income families, provided groceries to 360 local residents during a two-hour period.
Organized by the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, the program is held the second Tuesday of the month, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at two distribution sites: one for cold weather and one for warm weather. During the winter months, December to April, the distribution site is the newspaper's mailroom. During the spring, summer and fall months, the site is Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Harrison, Pa.
Nursing Home Administrator course
1/22/13
Penn State Greater Allegheny Continuing Education offers educational seminars for nursing home administrators and other health care professionals.
Electrical engineering grad Shani Allison named Distinguished Alumni
1/22/13
Shani Allison, a 2001 electrical engineering alumna, was one of seven Penn State alumni named Jan. 18 by the University's Board of Trustees as a recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Alumnus receives $5M to develop groundbreaking HIV/heroin vaccine
1/17/13
A Penn State alumnus who attended both Penn State Hazleton and University Park, has won an award that will pay him $5 million to research his proposal to develop a vaccine against HIV that also prevents heroin addiction.
Gary R. Matyas, a 1978 Penn State graduate in biophysics, captured the 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development from the National Institute on Drug Abuse with his plan to attack twin scourges.
"There is a strong correlation between heroin abuse and HIV infection, especially in developing countries," Matyas said of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS. "The possibility of creating a combination heroin/HIV vaccine provides an important opportunity to address both a unique treatment for heroin abuse as well as continuing the quest to develop an effective preventive HIV vaccine."
New Kensington campaign chairs score support for Penn State hockey
1/16/13
The new Penn State ice hockey team received rave reviews from Penn Staters over the holiday break as more than 20,000 fans attended the inaugural Three Rivers Classic, Dec. 28 and 29, in Pittsburgh's Consol Energy Center. And Penn State New Kensington played an active role in igniting the local alumni base.
The Nittany Lions, in their first year of NCAA-Division I play, took third-place in the four-team tournament, falling to eventual champion Robert Morris University, 6-0, in the opener and defeating Big Ten rival Ohio State, 5-4, in the consolation game.
Patrick and Mardelle Kopnicky, co-chairs of the campus' For the Future campaign, organized alumni socials for both days of the tournament. The socials were co-sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association and the Nittany Lion Club.
HRIM alum returns to Penn State as Nittany Lion Inn GM
1/14/13
As the new general manager of The Nittany Lion Inn, Tom Neely has gone full circle--and he couldn't be happier about it. With a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management, 25 years of experience in the hotel industry, and a vivacious passion for the University, Neely says he's proud to be part of the Penn State community again.
Board of Trustees announces candidates for officers
1/11/13
Penn State's Board of Trustees will elect a new chair and vice chair at its Friday, Jan. 18, public meeting at the University Park campus, and has received an expression of interest in leadership positions from the following trustee candidates:
-- Chair, Board of Trustees: Keith E. Masser;
-- Vice Chair, Board of Trustees: Stephanie N. Deviney.
In addition to these candidates, nominations still may be made at the time of the election.
Greater Allegheny plans Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities
1/10/13
On Jan. 21, instead of having the day off, students from Penn State Greater Allegheny will travel to Penn State DuBois to join students from other regional Penn State campuses for the Martin Luther King Jr. A Day On, Not A Day Off community service event. Also, a multi-media performance of "King's Dream" will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21, in Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center. The performance is an inspiring tribute to the life and teachings of King.
Basketball tailgate event set for Jan. 30
1/10/13
Penn State York's sixth annual Chili, Chips and Cheer Basketball Tailgate Party will be held Jan. 30 before the women's and men's basketball teams take on Penn State Brandywine. Refreshments will be offered prior to the games. The women's team plays at 6 p.m. and the men play at 8 p.m. in the gym in the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. The event is free and open to the public.