Pledging $30,000, husband and wife Ian Kephart and Danielle Fahr Kephart have established an Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State DuBois. As part of the recently concluded Open Doors Scholarship Program, Penn State has made a 2:1 matching contribution to their gift, creating a full $90,000 endowment under the Ian Kephart and Danielle Fahr Open Doors Scholarship.
Ball players from the area are welcome to sign up for this year’s Penn State DuBois Youth Baseball Clinics scheduled for Feb. 9, and 10, at the Baseball Bank, 309 Aspen Way, in DuBois. Young athletes will have the opportunity to train with coaches and players from the 2017-18 USCAA Small College World Series Championship Team.
The Penn State DuBois baseball team will host a spaghetti dinner from 1 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 at Luigi’s Villa, located at 800 West Weber Ave. in DuBois. The cost per dinner is $10, with all proceeds benefiting the team’s spring trip to the Cal Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust has given $150,000 to establish an Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State DuBois. Having made their initial gift before June 30, 2018, the trust took advantage of the unprecedented 2:1 matching opportunity that was available with the Open Doors Scholarship Program. This means the University matched the Palumbo gift with an additional $300,000, creating a full $450,000 endowment.
With a $70,000 gift, the DuBois Educational Foundation (DEF) has established the DuBois Educational Foundation Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State DuBois. As part of the recently concluded Open Doors Scholarship Program, Penn State has made a 2:1 matching contribution to the DEF gift, creating a $210,000 endowment.
Fall 2018 graduates from Penn State DuBois made their official transition from students to alumni during fall commencement ceremonies held Dec. 13 in the campus gymnasium. Chancellor M. Scott McBride presided over the ceremony, with Professor of Chemistry Arshad Khan serving as faculty marshal. Barbara Reinard, assistant teaching professor and winner of the 2017-18 DuBois Educational Foundation Educator of the Year Award, offered the commencement address.
This spring, in addition to the 10-week introductory class, Penn State DuBois will also offer a six-week intermediate class for those who would like to increase their sign language skills or have specific needs for their job. Marla Jo Ball is the instructor for both classes being held in DuBois. They are both Act 48 approved for continuing education credits.
Building upon his long career in literary research and education at Penn State DuBois, Richard Kopley, distinguished professor of English emeritus, has spent his time in retirement breaking new ground in the study of literature. His latest book, “The Formal Center in Literature: Explorations from Poe to the Present,” examines previously undiscovered and undiscussed structures in composition that are used by some of recent history’s most notable authors in various works.
Penn State DuBois’ Associate Professor of Economics Evelyn Wamboye has been invited by the British Broadcasting Corporation to share her expertise on economic issues in Africa. She will take part in a broadcast interview to be aired Dec. 5, for the BBC’s “Focus on Africa” radio program, to discuss how African countries can create employment for their booming populations.
Giving Tuesday at Penn State DuBois raised nearly $3,000 to support the Penn State DuBois Future Fund. Gifts from alumni, friends, faculty and staff, as well as a $1,000 match from Chancellor M. Scott McBride, all contributed to the total.
Fall commencement ceremonies at Penn State DuBois are planned for 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, in the campus gymnasium. Barbara Reinard, the 2017-18 DuBois Educational Foundation Educator of the Year, will deliver the commencement address.
This holiday season, students in the Human Development and Family Studies Club at Penn State DuBois continued their tradition of helping local individuals in need. Club members purchased items and assembled holiday care packages. They delivered those packages to area shelters that serve people who have been displaced from their homes, or who are victims of domestic violence.
Students in the Penn State DuBois Administration of Justice program recently got a real-world lesson on a trending form of punishment known as reintegrative shaming. While none of the students actually committed any crimes, their assignment required them to wear signs describing a crime in order to simulate punishment.
New course and lab offerings available for the first time at Penn State DuBois will help local students aspiring to work in health care fields receive more of their education close to home. Beginning in the spring 2019 semester, Penn State DuBois will offer Chem 212 and Chem 213, which are Organic Chemistry and a lab in Organic Chemistry.
Penn State DuBois Associate Professor of Mathematics and Geoscience Neyda Abreu has earned the opportunity of a lifetime. She has been invited to join an international research team with the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) to analyze material collected from asteroids during space missions. Abreu described the opportunity, saying, “I have just been given the chance to touch a thread in the fabric of the universe.”
