Eric Iavarone has been named the College of Engineering’s student marshal for Penn State’s summer commencement ceremony on Aug. 10. Iavarone will graduate with two degrees: a bachelor of architectural engineering and a master of architectural engineering (structural option).
The Penn State Forum Speaker Series committee has announced the lineup for the coming year. The 2019-20 speakers include a grief consultant, a social entrepreneur, a performing artist and educator, a creative director, the CEO of the Pittsburgh Foundation, a Wild Nature Institute scientist and the Penn State Laureate.
Penn State’s Berkey Creamery will soon be running smoother than its world-famous ice cream. Students in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering’s Service Enterprise Engineering program are collaborating with the Creamery to optimize the efficiency of the Penn State landmark.
Penn State University Press will showcase an array of books that highlight Pennsylvania’s history and natural environment at Ag Progress Days, to be held Aug. 13-15 in Pennsylvania Furnace.
Sam Mason joined Penn State Behrend at the start of the spring 2019 semester as the college's sustainability coordinator. The Texas native is known for her groundbreaking research on plastics pollution.
Although Zoom has recently installed a fix for a security vulnerability, Penn State Information Technology recommends that Mac users who have not updated to the latest version of Zoom should update immediately.
The demonstration of the Pasto Agricultural Museum's 1905 Panama O.K. Hay Press will highlight the historical facility's offerings at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15.
Registration for students who wish to park at the University Park campus for the fall 2019 and spring 2020 semesters will run Aug. 20-22. Students must register online for parking.
Getting a school ID, staying overnight in a residence hall, and scheduling classes have all been integral parts of New Student Orientation at Penn State since 2013, the first year an overnight orientation program was held. But students in Penn State’s incoming class of 2023 are the first to experience a new addition to NSO: a live musical.
Students at Penn State's University Park campus can spend more time studying and less time doing laundry with the launch of Tide University Laundry this fall. The program offers on-demand wash-and-fold and dry-cleaning options through an app-based locker service with locations across campus.
Penn State Student Affairs has launched a website that takes the University's Red Folder initiative online for Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses and World Campus.
The Palmer Museum of Art is winding down two summer photography exhibitions that highlighted the rich, visual beauty of post-revolution Mexico.
The silent auction held by the Pasto Agricultural Museum during Ag Progress Days has been an annual event for many years, but this year the proceeds from the fundraiser will be put to a novel use, according to Museum Curator Rita Graef.
Penn State Scranton recently held its most recent round of Diversity Circles with participants that included campus students and staff members, as well as local community members. The Diversity Circles are overseen by trained facilitators and are meant to foster a more inclusive perspective among participants.
A wide variety of crop management, wildlife and conservation education, as well as the signature hay show, will take place in and around the J.D. Harrington Crops, Soils and Conservation Building during Penn State's Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13-15.
