The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to researchers at Penn State Behrend to develop a pipeline of highly qualified mathematics teachers who are committed to teaching in “high-need” school districts.
Backed by the resources of Invent Penn State’s statewide network of innovation hubs, Penn State New Kensington is partnering with Westmoreland County and the city of New Kensington to revive the community through research, education and entrepreneurship.
The newest class of sheriff deputies will graduate from Pennsylvania’s Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Program, which the Penn State Justice and Safety Institute administers, on Friday, May 17.
A facility gifted to Pennsylvania College of Technology by UPMC Susquehanna is serving a new purpose as a site for instruction in practical nursing, medical assistant and other health care careers, as well as customized training for business and industry.
For first-generation college student Josh Maldonado-Santiago, a Penn State telecommunications degree and a future commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force are proof positive that hard work does indeed pay off.
A strong work ethic met with a Penn State education has led first-generation student Josh Maldonado-Santiago to a world of opportunity and a life of service as a future Air Force officer. To learn more about how Maldonado-Santiago has made the most of his Penn State experience to build a bright f
Josh Maldonado-Santiago learned early on that nothing would ever be handed to him. From blue-collar beginnings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to the threshold of a Penn State degree and an officer’s commission in the U.S. Air Force, every success in Maldonado-Santiago’s life has been achieved through two guiding principles: hard work and sacrifice.
The STEM Extension Weekend at Penn State, taught by members of the Eberly College of Science, aims to show high school students who are blind or visually impaired that they can go to college for and have a career in science, even with their visual impairments.
Because of significant labor shortages, Pennsylvania's dairy farms rely on Spanish-speaking immigrants as a key source of labor. However, cultural differences and language barriers can leave employers and workers lost in translation. A new, innovative community service-learning course — "Service-Learning with Pennsylvania Farmworkers" — offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is aimed at breaking down those barriers.
A webinar series co-sponsored by Penn State Extension will help owners of small woodlots to manage their parcels sustainably. The "Woods in Your Backyard" series teaches land stewardship through eight live, one-hour, online evening lectures that begin Feb. 6.
To help the state's businesses comply with the certified food protection manager regulation, Penn State Extension is offering the ServSafe Food Safety Manager Course at 38 locations during the first half of 2019.
Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education is offering technical workshops and supervision courses this fall at the Community Education Center, located at 4 Erie Ave. in St. Marys. These programs aid those employed in the manufacturing industry, as well as other businesses that need important and up-to-date training for their supervisors.
Penn State announced April 18 that it has joined the American Talent Initiative, partnering with top-performing institutions to commit to the collective goal of enrolling 50,000 additional talented, low- and moderate-income students at colleges and universities with strong graduation rates by 2025.
Students who earn an associate degree from Luzerne County Community College can directly transfer into bachelor’s programs at five eastern Penn State campuses, leaders of the institutions announced Feb. 27 at Penn State Hazleton.
Most of Pennsylvania’s high school and middle school students are tobacco-free, but the use of cigarettes, and their digital counterpart, e-cigarettes, is still a cause for concern, according to Penn State researchers.
