More than 300 new graduates celebrated at Penn State Abington with the words of Chancellor Damian J. Fernandez urging them to contribute in big and small ways to making the nation a better place.
The honorees included finance major Michael Litz, who earned the conference men's tennis player of the year award while serving as chair of its Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
Penn State Abington Education majors raised the money to purchase a bench at a local elementary school that encourages children to seek out those in need of a friend. The project is one of many that helps shape the Abington students into teachers who help form well-rounded children.
The Penn State handball team is expanding — with the help of a key player and two coaches from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences — from just a handful of members to two championship-caliber squads in just a few years.
Sherveen Karbasiafshar is a biology student at Penn State. He, along with five other undergraduates, created HemoGO — a smartphone application designed to assist people who want to check their complete blood count on the go. HemoGO is one of six Penn State student startups working with the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program to compete for a pool of $30,000 in the annual Inc.U competition show “The Investment,” airing at 8 p.m. May 24 on WPSU.
Penn State Abington and the Philadelphia Water Department are tapping teams from colleges and universities for solutions to protect streams and rivers from contamination.
In an effort to consolidate multiple external food service contracts at seven of its Commonwealth Campuses, Penn State has awarded Metz Culinary Management a three-year food services contract to serve those locations.
