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Shenango vs. Cancer 2024

Students, faculty, and staff celebrated a basket during the 2023 event. The 2024 Shenango vs. Cancer fundraiser is being held on Friday, March 22, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hickory High School Gymnasium.

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Poet Laureate for the Republic of Liberia and professor of English at Penn State Altoona will present at the Shenango campus on Thursday, March 21.

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

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Poet Laureate for the Republic of Liberia and professor of English at Penn State Altoona will present at the Shenango campus on Thursday, March 21.

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New collaboration expands educational opportunities in Pennsylvania

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. 
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Jennifer Jewell Distinguished PTA Educator

Jennifer Jewell (center) poses with the 2024 Distinguished Educator in Physical Therapist Assistant Education Award along with representatives from the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Education.

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Shenango professor earns national recognition as PTA education award recipient

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.