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Students, faculty, staff honored at awards program at Penn State York

4/26/18

Penn State York honored the academic achievements and service of its outstanding students, faculty, and staff for the 2017-18 academic year during the 47th Annual Academic Awards Ceremony, Sunday, April 22, at Heritage Hills Golf Resort & Conference Center in York, Pennsylvania. More than 80 academic and service awards were presented.

Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak

Kulturel-Konak honored with INFORMS Volunteer Service Award

10/4/17

Sadan Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information systems at Penn State Berks, will be honored with the INFORMS 2017 Volunteer Service Award during the annual meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at the Houston Americas-Hilton Hotel.

Andrea Gaez, Elisa Dehoyos, Nici Cortes and Sorya Nasir inside the home they stayed in for the Cardboard City fundraiser.

Behrend students endure elements for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

11/30/16

A total of 25 student groups participated in Penn State Behrend’s annual Cardboard City fundraiser. The event, held Nov. 14 and 15 at the campus, requires teams of students to build homes using nothing other than cardboard, duct tape, boxes and any other disposable materials they can find.

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Veterans Day celebration set for noon on Nov. 11 at Penn State York

11/7/16

Penn State York will honor the veterans on campus during a noon lunch on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, in the community room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. Faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to show their support for veterans, enjoy a free lunch, and hear from two speakers.

Joe Levitan

Graduate student applies his own experiences to help educate girls in Peru

5/18/15

The Sacred Valley Project, founded in 2009, began in Peru in a small village where education, especially for girls, was difficult to attain because of economic and safety issues. To help change that, Penn State College of Education doctoral student Joseph Levitan and his colleagues created a comprehensive, culturally responsive educational approach, which included on-site living, to cater to the cultural and developmental challenges facing each student.

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Students to honor Martin Luther King with community service projects

1/9/13

In honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., student volunteers from Penn State New Kensington and other Penn State campuses in western Pennsylvania will take on community service projects Jan. 21, in the local area. Billed as Make it a Day On, Not a Day Off, the activities are a part of the University's celebration of King's birthday. Jan. 16 is a federal holiday and there are no classes.

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