Penn State Abington is scheduled to receive 1,000 pounds of fresh produce for distribution each week from Philabundance, the region's largest hunger relief organization.
Penn State Abington, in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, welcomed an audience from across the region to address the question How Do We Fix Higher Education? Preparing Future Generations for Success.
Lions Read is a mentoring program designed to enhance the early reading, math and science skills of children while providing Penn State Abington education majors with work experience.
Dr. Gillian Beauchamp, emergency medical physician and toxicologist at the Lehigh Valley Health Network, delivered the final expert presentation of the day. Dr. Beauchamp works with an emergency room team and EMS professionals to treat overdose victims. “The idea,” says Beauchamp, “is that hope happens at a place like a hospital. It happens in an emergency department.”
Bill Rowan, program director of the Center for Counseling Services at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Schuylkill, spoke about counseling and resources pertinent to the disease of addiction.
In his keynote address, Dr. Glenn Sterner, assistant professor of Criminal Justice at Penn State Abington, provided an overview of the opioid crisis from the early 2000s until today. “This is a disease. This is not a moral failing,” he said.
A children's book author was the centerpiece of an annual program that brings Penn State Abington education majors and about 100 elementary school students together for several hours of mutual learning.
Second graders from Overlook Elementary School in the Abington School District learn printmaking techniques to create artwork inspired by the book My Quiet Ship with assistance from Penn State Abington students.
A new cross-platform media and outreach project produced by WPSU Penn State aims to help raise awareness of evidence-based practices, programs and policies to prevent and treat opioid abuse, and to identify barriers that prevent the adoption and spread of effective practices and policies. A 30-minute television show will air at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 on WPSU-TV to explore some of these issues.
