As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 17 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Abington presents an evening with local author Wendy Horwitz, who will discuss her new book "Milkweed and Honey Cake: A Memoir in Ritual Moments" on March 18.
Penn State Abington and two Philadelphia nonprofits are hosting a visit by Douglas Brooks, a respected Japanese wooden boatbuilder, writer, and scholar from March 28 to March 30, 2025, at all three locations.
Follow Penn State Abington students through the process of building a wooden duckboat, inspired by a 1951 design, in the boat shop at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia. and was led by two Abington faculty.
Penn State Abington and two Philadelphia nonprofits are hosting a visit by Douglas Brooks, a respected Japanese wooden boatbuilder, writer, and scholar from March 28 to March 30, 2025, at all three locations.
Boni Wozolek (front, left), associate professor of education at Penn State Abington and interim associate dean for Faculty Development for the Commonwealth Campuses, served as the executive program chair for the Global Forum 2025 at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India. Around the theme "Reimagining the Education of Humanity for the Third Millennium" educators and policymakers from 40 nations gathered to discuss educational equity and access.
Douglas Brooks, a respected wooden boatbuilder, writer and scholar, will return to Penn State Abington, as well as two Philadelphia nonprofits, to discuss his work and demonstrate traditional Japanese boatbuilding techniques from March 28 to 30. His visit will illustrate how a study of history and an artistic craft can lead to a rewarding and fulfilling life and career, according to the art faculty member organizing the events.
