For Paul Levine, Penn State is a feeling, something special and something he hopes to share with generations of students. That's why Levine, a 1969 journalism alumnus, has endowed a scholarship for students majoring in journalism.
The Advisory Board of Penn State Fayette Inc. has named Rebecca Ambrosini and David Meredith, respectively, as the 2019 recipients of the Outstanding Alumna and Outstanding Fellow awards, presented at the board’s annual meeting on May 16 at the campus Community Center.
Penn State Scranton recently welcomed nine new community leaders to its Advisory Board.
The Lubrizol Corporation, which owns and operates chemical engineering facilities in 17 countries, has pledged $100,000 over the next five years in support of the College of Engineering’s Engineering Equity Initiative.
Penn State Harrisburg has received a gift of $2.5 million from the Douglas W. Pollock Foundation to establish the Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research on its campus. The center will address two areas of the substance abuse problem within the central Pennsylvania region, while serving as a catalyst to enhance communications and align numerous agencies and organizations in efforts to combat substance abuse.
Ben Lane served as dean of students and director of admissions at Penn State Behrend. New scholarships created by his family will support students who are experiencing hardship.
Acclaimed climate science pioneer Warren Washington made history at Penn State in 1964 by becoming the second African-American to earn a doctorate in meteorology nationwide. It’s only fitting that his name adorn a building at Penn State’s Innovation Park, the first to be named for a University innovator and pioneer.
Stephanie Danette Preston has been promoted to associate dean for graduate educational equity at Penn State, effective April 1. As associate dean for graduate educational equity, Preston serves on the Council of College Multicultural Leadership. She also serves as chief diversity officer for graduate education at Penn State and oversees the Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs in the Graduate School.
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.
Mark Miller, associate vice president for facilities management at the University of Nebraska and a retired U.S. Air Force officer, has been named the new assistant vice president for Physical Plant at Penn State, and will begin his appointment on June 17.
Among the visual changes coming to LionPATH with the full system upgrade slated for July 2019 are several new features that will enhance the student experience and facilitate interactions with faculty and advisers.
Two gifts from the John Nesbit Rees and Sarah Henne Rees Charitable Foundation will provide scholarships for Penn State Behrend students and support for "Music at Noon: The Logan Series," one of the college’s premier cultural enrichment programs.
Paul Sullivan, director of the Applied Research Laboratory and Defense Related Research Units at Penn State, has announced that he will step down from his current role at the end of September.
Kent Whiting, a 2007 Penn State Harrisburg graduate, has committed a gift of $150,000 to support new track and field facilities at the college. The Whiting Family Throwing Complex will help Penn State Harrisburg take its track and field program to a new level of excellence by providing for a facility on campus. The track and field teams currently train at off-campus locations.
E. Philip Wenger, chairman and CEO of Fulton Financial Corp., who received his bachelor of science degree in finance in 1979 from Penn State and his MBA from Penn State Harrisburg in 1987, has been named an Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association.
