The Penn State Board of Trustees voted to approve the 2019-20 operating budget and tuition and fees schedules during its full meeting July 18 at Penn State Brandywine. The $6.8 billion budget includes no tuition increase for all Pennsylvania resident undergraduate students for the second year in a row.
In its second year at Penn State Greater Allegheny, the Pathways to Success: Summer Start (PaSSS) program welcomes 14 first-year students to the campus for an early college experience. The PaSSS program offers scholarships and campus employment to participating students to help reduce the financial barriers of a college education.
Distinguished Alumnus James Minarik and his wife Megan have created a challenge grant for the University community to support the Digital Fluency Project at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
The financial experts at the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center are offering a workshops focused on saving and investing from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 26.
Part-time lecturer Mary Collins will teach a new art course titled Rocks, Minerals, and the History of Art (ARTH 107N) this summer at Penn State Greater Allegheny as part of the University's Pathway to Success: Summer Start program.
The first February webinar from the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center will focus on how people can develop successful and achievable goals in their financial life.
Penn State President Eric Barron joined other leaders in higher education at a summit in New York to discuss ideas to make college more accessible and affordable for moderate- and low-income students.
One of the hurdles to finishing an education is making it work financially. The Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center at Penn State is holding its first open webinar of the year, geared toward adult learners and their financial needs.
Scholarships made it possible for PSU-LV alumna January Misero to travel abroad, get paid internship experience and learn from world-class professors.
Tomer Eldor was exposed to the subjects of chemistry, physics and calculus when she moved to the United States from Israel four years ago. At that very moment, she knew she had found her passion, and wanted to attend a university to study either chemical or biomedical engineering.
Penn State will join 129 other public universities for a five-year initiative to study access and affordability measures to lower the barriers to higher education and help more students obtain degrees.
Penn State has joined 30 other higher education institutions in a commitment to graduating more military veterans as a part of the American Talent Initiative.
Penn State Student Aid’s top administrator said effective mid-January students will see improvements in the way their financial aid is presented in LionPATH.
In support of strategic initiatives related to access and affordability, educational innovation, research, outreach and service, Penn State is continuing to examine new opportunities and ideas for identifying operational efficiencies and optimizing University resources and impact.
The Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center is expanding its mission to bring an education of financial wellness to Penn State’s student-athletes, both to help them in the short term as they manage their lives, studies and sports; as well as in the future when they leave campus.
