The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 11 prominent young alumni at the Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 18. The ceremony will be livestreamed at 6:30 p.m.
Beginning in May, Penn State Shenango will offer three summer sessions to current Penn State students, those home for the summer attending another college, or high school students looking to get ahead. These sessions include day, evening, hybrid and online courses.
Penn State Shenango’s final Lecture Series event will feature Assistant Teaching Professor Tiffany Petricini, program coordinator for the campus’s corporate communications major. Petricini will present research in her lecture titled "Friendship in the Digital Age: Togetherness in Lonely Times" on March 24.
Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and a retiring workforce, the International Council of Nurses estimates that a global shortage will create demand for up to 13 million nurses. To help close this gap, Penn State Shenango and Sharon Regional Medical Center’s School of Nursing are partnered to help prepare nurses in the Shenango and Mahoning valleys.
Launching new majors, building two new athletic programs and celebrating renovated facilities were foundational blocks that were put in place during 2021 that Penn State Shenango will build upon in 2022.
Rick Brazier, senior associate dean for faculty and research in the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, has been named interim dean of Penn State’s 14-campus University College.
Penn State Shenango’s VenturePointe business incubator, the eCenter @ LindenPointe, and Penn Northwest Development Corporation are now accepting applications for the annual “Shark Tank”-style “What’s Your Big Idea?” Challenge on April 7, in conjunction with Penn State Startup Week.
Penn State Shenango has announced the campus dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester. In recognition of academic excellence, students who maintain a grade point average of 3.50 or higher are named to the dean's list each semester.
Penn State Shenango’s occupational therapy associate degree program received reaccreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. Because Shenango’s program was found to be in 100% compliance, the council has awarded a 10-year reaccreditation period, the longest accreditation currently attainable.
