Clockwise, top left: Lisa Chewning, associate professor of corporate communication, Penn State Abington; Timothy Smalarz, college registrar, Penn State Abington; Kelly Munly, associate professor of human development and family studies, Penn State Altoona; Ike Shibley, associate professor of chemistry, Penn State Berks; Alison Bonner, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, Penn State Lehigh Valley; Debbie Gaydos, assistant teaching professor of mathematics, Penn State Greater Allegheny; Timothy Lawlor, professor of physics, Penn State Brandywine.
Edmund Wekunga moved to the United States in 2019 to attend Penn State Abington. He graduated with a degree in biology in 2023 and is now continuing his journey to become a doctor.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the third year of Penn State's Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
Penn State Abington student Tyler Thompson presented his work at the annual undergraduate research fair with his faculty mentor Robert Avanzato, associate professor of computer science and engineering.
Penn State Abington students stopped to visit The Kelpies while they were in Scotland for a cross-disciplinary course at Abertay University. The 98-foot-high steel statues honor the horses that drove industry and the economy in Scotland.
Natalie Sylvester, a rising third-year student at Penn State Abington, said she achieved professional and personal clarity through a course that included short-term travel to Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland.
Courses with short-term study abroad components allow Penn State Abington students like Natalie Sylvester to deepen and broaden their knowledge around a field of study and explore career options while immersing them in another culture.
A new gift from Gene and Roz Chaiken makes them the second-largest donors in Penn State history and extends their impact beyond the College of the Liberal Arts.