Save the date: alumni golf scramble Aug. 8
John Mandak, owner of Valos Chocolates in Arnold, rips a drive down the 15th fairway at last year's outing. His company was one of 18 tee sponsors and 20 teams that helped the Alle-Kiski Society raise...
View ArticleRSVP for May 23 ‘For The Future’ celebration
The public phase of Penn State New Kensington's 'For the Future' campaign kicked off in 2010. The donor reception for the student-centered initative featured campus students, like Susan Palumbo,...
View ArticleFull ‘STEAM’ ahead for Kids in College program
Penn State New Kensington's "Kids in College" program is partnering with Snapology to bring creative learning via Lego bricks to the summer camps program. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,...
View ArticleCampus faculty honored for awards, publications
Penn State New Kensington faculty Josi Kalavar and Rick Harnish share a laugh in the Blissell Library during the 12th annual Faculty Publications Party. Annual event recognizes educators'...
View ArticleNew Kensington soccer, volleyball players named to all-conference teams
Penn State University Athletic Conference Casey Cavanaugh Pascal Bikanura Noah Korpusik Hanna Perriello UPPER BURRELL, Pa. --...
View ArticleCampus advisory board member Nicole Ziccarelli is commencement speaker
Penn State New Kensington fall commencement speaker Nicole Ziccarelli and her husband, Frank, are expecting their fourth child in the spring. Fall 2014 graduation 10:00 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 20,...
View ArticleChancellor serves late-night breakfast to students during study week
Penn State New Kensington chancellor, Kevin Snider, serves up some blueberry waffles for a student doing some late-night studying for final exams."Moonlight Breakfast" is a semi-annual event at the...
View Article'This I Believe' essay winners share personal experiences
Penn State New Kensington freshman Jon McCabe earned the third-place award for his essay, "The Unknown Battles," which draws on his mother's battle with bipolar schizophrenia. The essay was entered in...
View ArticleFall commencement set for Dec. 20 at campus
Chancellor Kevin Snider and Andrea Adolph, director of academic affairs, will confer degrees on 44 candidates at Penn State New Kensington's fall commencement exercises. . UPPER BURRELL, Pa. --...
View ArticleNew Kensington to close for semester break on Dec. 23; art gallery open
The Penn State New Kensington Lion Shrine shrouded in fog is the perfect metaphor for the closing of the campus at the start of the winter solstice. Campus reopens Monday, Jan. 5 Spring semester...
View ArticleLeader Launch prepares students, alumni for life after college
Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider's presentation was "Leading Those Who Are Tough to Lead." Conference enhances transferable skills, networking and professionalism UPPER BURRELL, Pa....
View ArticleDonors feted and thanked at campus' end of campaign celebration
"The Wait is Over...the Future Starts Now" "For the Future" raises $3.8 million; nearly 130 percent of its goal Giving back to donors via an informal and entertaining evening of catered food and...
View ArticleUnity Day to honor King, target social injustice
Chancellor Kevin Snider lights the first candle of the “Unity Candle” at the second Unity Day celebration in 2011. The six-year tradition, which honors Martin Luther King Jr., continues Jan. 27, 2015,...
View ArticleFinancial aid workshop for prospective students and parents
Penn State New Kensington Chancellor Kevin Snider welcomes first-year spring 2015 students on Jan. 8 at New Student Orientation. Seventy percent of campus students receive financial aid. “Financial...
View ArticleJazz theme for January/February art exhibit
Jazz photographer and musician Kenan Foley is a part of jazz photographer and musician Ronald Jones' collection. Foley and Nelson Harrison join Jones for a three-man show that runs until Feb. 28 at...
View ArticleOpen auditions for spring play 'Into the Woods'
Numerous roles available for musical fairytale Audition Schedule: 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18, and Tuesday, Jan. 20 Forum Theatre, Penn State New Kensington UPPER BURRELL, Pa. -- Bill Mitas, instructor...
View Article‘One book, One Community’ coming to New Kensington campus
Discussion focuses on “Manhunt: The 12-day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21, Blissell Library UPPER BURRELL, Pa. -- A history discussion on the hunt for John Wilkes Booth is...
View ArticleSpring semester admissions events
For prospective students, attending a Penn State New Kensington admissions event can lead to enrolling at the campus, which can lead to earning scholarship, which can lead to breakfast at Oakmont...
View ArticleCampus THON team continues fundraising efforts
Prior to assuming co-chair responsibilities of the Penn State New Kensington THON committee, sophomore Jadyn Perry, right, was a part of the campus support team that travelled to University Park for...
View ArticleCampus updates interactive virtual tour
Penn State New Kensington instructor Ted Lucida works with students in the new Biomedical Engineering Technology lab, which houses one of only two student Intensive Care Units in the country. The lab...
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