Several members of the College of Health and Human Development Philanthropy Council have established new scholarship endowments as part of Penn State’s Open Doors Scholarship Program, a component of “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” the University’s current fundraising campaign.
Undergraduate research aimed at supporting pollinator health is flourishing at Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research, thanks to philanthropic support.
Thomas W. Tewksbury, alumnus and longtime volunteer and donor to Penn State’s College of Health and Human Development, passed away on Feb. 18.
Schuylkill students are wrapping up their final fundraising push for THON 2019, taking their motivation from the classroom to the streets of Schuylkill County. The group will announce if they reached their $20,000 goal on Feb. 14 as they send their four campus dancers to the 46-hour dance marathon at University Park.
Penn State alumni Chad (1993) and Jill Harris Helmer (1992) are giving back to their alma mater by pledging $50,000 to create the Helmer Family Scholarship in the College of the Liberal Arts.
Barbara Palmer, whose lifetime of philanthropy is evident across Penn State and the Centre region, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20. She was 93. Recognized by the University as an honorary alumna in 1987, Palmer was deeply engaged as a donor and a volunteer at the institution and in many organizations throughout the region.
With fellow members of the Board of Visitors of the Department of Sociology and Criminology, Penn State alumnus Charles Kulp, 1980, helped raise more than $50,000 to endow a fund providing financial support for student interns.
With a $150,000 gift and a 2:1 match from Penn State, Dan, 1968 political science, and Amy Clements created a scholarship to help students in the College of the Liberal Arts who are economically disadvantaged and academically underprepared.
The first Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professorship, created through the generosity of Penn State alumni Laurence and Lynne Brown, with matching funds from the Tracy and Ted McCourtney Endowed Professorship Matching Gift Program, has been awarded to Abraham Khan in the College of the Liberal Arts.
Penn State College of Medicine was recognized on the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy’s 2018 High Performers List.
Several current and former members of the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society Board have established new scholarships as part of Penn State’s Open Doors Scholarship Program, a component of “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” the University’s current fundraising campaign.
Nearly 1,200 Penn State donors, fundraising volunteers and friends gathered in the Bryce Jordan Center on April 20 to celebrate the early success of "A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence," a University-wide effort to raise $1.6 billion by 2021. With 36 percent of the campaign elapsed to date, the University has raised 41.2 percent of the campaign goal, or $659,865,357.
Motivated by a desire to help deserving students and by gratitude for the opportunities scholarships gave him when he first attended college, Rick Roush, dean of the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, was one of several deans last fall to endow an Open Doors Scholarship as part of Penn State's current fundraising campaign, "A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence."
With a $30,000 gift matched 2:1 by the University, alumnus John Graham and his wife, Carol, have established the John and Carol Graham Open Doors Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences. With an additional $30,000 contribution, they named the office of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department chair in the soon-to-be-completed Agricultural Engineering Building at University Park.
As a first-year student, Mensch was confident that she wanted to advocate for a cause. She decided to attend the night-time Luminaria Ceremony at Relay For Life. At the ceremony, luminaria bags line the walkways lit with candles, honoring those who have suffered or are suffering from cancer. She had her “this is it” moment and decided to get involved. Gradually, she assumed more leadership and held positions like the EMS Relay For Life chairperson, Greek recruitment overall, ultimately becoming the executive director in her senior year.
