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.
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.
The Chaikens have once again made a landmark contribution to the University. While the amount of the gift is not being disclosed publicly, it will make them the second-largest donors in Penn State history. The gift extends their impact beyond the College of the Liberal Arts and builds upon and extends existing academic support services.
Penn State Abington will waive the application fee, expedite transcript and financial aid reviews, and provide dedicated admissions and financial aid counselors to work with former University of the Arts students.
Penn State has announced the recipients of the inaugural Presidential Public Impact Research Awards, a new program designed to support faculty and students who are working on research projects that directly benefit communities.
Steve McMillan’s passion for teaching and boisterous personality led him to become a beloved figure at Penn State Abington, and his research into corporate policies and their implications on competitive intelligence earned him the respect of colleagues worldwide. The campus community mourns the loss of the associate professor of business, who died in May.
A grant from Penn State’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence funded training for Penn State Abington faculty to advance teaching for equity and inclusion by better incorporating such elements into their pedagogy.
Kimberley Hemmings-Jarrett, assistant teaching professor of business and social science at Penn State Abington, recently integrated two Experiential Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) projects into her embedded course on social media analytics and inclusive leisure last fall. The EDGE program, a global virtual exchange initiative rooted in project-based learning, draws inspiration from the Collaborative Online International Learning program established at the State University of New York. Since 2022, Hemmings-Jarrett has leveraged the EDGE program in her teaching efforts.
