95-year-old volunteer spreads cheer at Hershey Medical Center gift shop
6/6/19
Arlene Faul of Hershey began volunteering at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in 1970 — the year it opened its doors.
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Special Olympics seeking volunteers for Summer Games at Penn State
5/28/19
The Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games, to be held on Penn State’s University Park campus June 6-8, is seeking volunteers from the local community to help make the event a success.
STEAM careers are focus of program for seventh grade girls
5/8/19
More than 200 seventh grade girls will explore all things STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) during the 23rd annual Pathways to Your Future: Exploring STEAM Careers program on Friday, May 10 at Penn State York. The program offers 30 workshops, and is free.
Penn State York students to conduct research at Diabetes Fair on campus
3/20/19
Penn State York students in the human development and family studies program will be conducting research and helping at stations during the second annual Diabetes Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, on campus.
World Campus students get an early start on national Day of Service, MLK Jr. Day
1/21/19
World Campus students are joining other Penn State students to take part in service projects on the University Park and New Kensington campuses on Monday, and are also volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity ReStores in San Diego and Silver Spring, Maryland.
Crowds gathered for robotics competition at Penn State York
2/1/18
Robots were in action on Saturday, Jan. 27, at Penn State York when 36 teams of middle and high school students from across Pennsylvania, and one from New Jersey, took part in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) South Central PA Regional Qualifier, a daylong robotics competition. The event took place in the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center at York campus.
Robots set for action Jan. 27 at Penn State York
1/24/18
First Relic Recovery is the name of the game when 36 teams of middle and high school students from across Pennsylvania participate in the FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) South Central PA Regional Qualifier, robotics competition, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at Penn State York.
Campus community to participate in National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk
10/6/16
Penn State York students, faculty, and staff will once again participate in the National Alliance on Mental Illness Walk. The event is set for 10 a.m. Oct. 8. This is the sixth year Penn State York has put together a group of walkers for the event.
Community service offers opportunities for York students to give back
8/26/16
Giving back to the local community is what more than 100 Penn State York students did Aug. 20 when they painted, picked up trash, organized books and materials, gardened, and performed a variety of other jobs as part of a service component of New Student Orientation at the campus.
Penn State York students give back to the local community
8/26/16
Giving back to the local community was part of New Student Orientation at Penn State York. Students worked in York at Central Market, DreamWrights, the Lehman Center, Martin Library, Serenity Garden of Hope, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, York Central Market, and the York Rescue Mission.
York Biology Club hopes to raise awareness about Huntington's disease
5/12/16
Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. Laura Ohl, a senior majoring in biology at Penn State York, wants people to know more about this disease and the work that is being done by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Ohl, the 2015-16 president of the Biology Club at Penn State York, and other members will take part in the fourth annual Central Pennsylvania Team Hope Walk, set for May 21 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2013
1/21/13
Penn State students taking part in community outreach projects throughout the University Park campus and State College community on Jan. 21, 2013 to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. day.
Arts Festival 2012 LIVE set Children Youth Day
7/11/12
July 11, 2012 - Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Children Day - Set for LIVE
Children and Youth Day 2012 for PS Facebook
7/11/12
Town and campus activities during Children and Youth Day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, including animal, science and art demonstrations, hands-on activities for families and booths for children to sell their arts and crafts.
Ann Taylor-Schmidt