Students were hailed for embodying Penn State Abington’s core values of academic excellence, community engagement, diversity and inclusive excellence, and ethical learning.
Through working on his early stage undergraduate research project, Penn State Abington senior Dante Thomas is developing skills that are transferable to graduate school and a variety of careers.
Nearly 70 domestic and international students across multiple Penn State campuses, including Abington, Brandywine, Great Valley, Lehigh Valley and Schuylkill, joined together for a series of events about mass incarceration in the United States, including a visit to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.
Penn State Abington student received awards for outstanding merit during a reception for the Bertha Lear Annual Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition and one of the awards are supported by donors Robert A. Lear and his late wife, Marilyn; and Lois and Stanley Singer.
Penn State Abington student researchers delivered their well-practiced elevator pitches on April 12 at the annual ACURA (Abington College Undergraduate Research Activities) exhibition. About 60 students presented 31 projects, answering questions from faculty judges about the process and results.
A Penn State Abington expert in teaching English as a second language offered strategies to teachers so they can provide equity in language and content learning and social and emotional support to displaced Ukrainian children at a Philadelphia elementary school.
Glenn Sterner III, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, has received the 2023 Outreach and Online Education Emerging Faculty Award for Engaged Scholarship. The Emerging Faculty Outreach Award is a University-wide honor that recognizes early-career tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty members whose work has significant potential to advance engaged scholarship through teaching, research and/or service.
A free event sponsored by Penn State Abington on April 22 will examine the legacy of enslavement in local communities and explore the historical efforts to end slavery in America by residents of Abington and Cheltenham townships, including early abolitionist Benjamin Lay.
Penn State Abington Career and Professional Development administers the assessments to give students insight into their strengths, which can help them make more informed decisions about the future.
