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Penn State Shenango celebrates new cybersecurity lab with ribbon-cutting event

April 24, 2024

Penn State Shenango held a ribbon-cutting celebration on April 23 to officially open its new Information Technology Cybersecurity Center in the Forker Lab building.

Shenango summer classes available for current, transfer, high school students

April 11, 2024

Penn State Shenango hosts in-person, hybrid, and online summer courses available to current Penn State students, transfers, and high school dual enrollment students.

Student well-being to be final Faculty Lecture Series topic of academic year

April 01, 2024

A cross-disciplinary group of Shenango faculty members present “Better Together: Working on Wellness In and Out of the Classroom” for the final Faculty Lecture Series presentation of the 2023-24 academic year.

Shenango basketball fundraiser tips off in honor of longtime Hickory employee

March 15, 2024

The 2024 Shenango vs. Cancer basketball fundraiser event is being held Friday, March 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hickory High School Gymnasium.

Liberia’s Poet Laureate, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, to present at Shenango

March 11, 2024

Patricia Wesley, the inaugural Poet Laureate for the Republic of Liberia and professor of English at Penn State Altoona, will present at Penn State Shenango at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.

New collaboration expands educational opportunities in Pennsylvania

March 06, 2024

Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education.

Shenango professor earns national recognition as PTA education award recipient

March 04, 2024

Penn State Shenango Teaching Professor in the Physical Therapist Assistant program Jennifer Jewell has been named the 2024 Distinguished Educator in Physical Therapist Assistant Education Award recipient, the highest recognition that a faculty member in physical therapist assistant education can receive, at a ceremony held in Boston on Feb. 16.

Award winning poet and author Quartez Harris to speak at Penn State Shenango

February 14, 2024

Penn State Shenango hosts author and poet Quartez Harris on campus on Monday, Feb. 26. Harris will present a collection of poems from his publication, titled "We Made It To School Alive."

Shenango communications faculty presents AI research at national conference

February 08, 2024

Penn State Shenango Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication Tiffany Petricini presented her research on artificial intelligence at the National Communication Association Convention in Washington D.C.

Atterholt and Cruz to present ‘academic witnessing’ research at Feb. 12 webinar

February 07, 2024

Penn State Shenango's Roxanne Atterholt and Laura Cruz from Penn State’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will present their work on how to encourage and support resiliency in higher education at a webinar on Feb. 12. They co-authored a paper, titled “Shock Waves: Academic Witnessing as Resiliency Practice in Higher Education,” on the topic that was published as feature article in the Journal of Faculty Development.

AI and other specialty topics enhance Shenango Faculty Speakers Bureau

February 02, 2024

The Penn State Shenango Faculty Speakers Bureau has added artificial intelligence, criminal justice and cybersecurity to its already extensive array of topics available for local school districts to take advantage of.

Games, film, and spoken word events highlight Black History Month at Shenango

January 30, 2024

The Penn State Shenango Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee hosts a series of events throughout the month of February to celebrate Black History Month on campus.

Penn State campuses celebrate, commemorate Black History Month

January 26, 2024

The last week of February 2024 still offers a few events across campuses for Black History Month, including at Penn State Brandywine, Harrisburg, Dickinson Law, Lehigh Valley, Shenango, and York. In addition, several exhibits are still available to visitors at Penn State University Park, Brandywine and Harrisburg.

Penn State Laureate’s light-based, participatory art workshop coming to Shenango