Penn State Shenango recently hired Rakiesha Morrison, a former Farrell High School cheerleader and Gannon University competitive cheerleader and dancer, as its new head cheerleading coach. She currently coaches competitive cheer for Fire and Ice Hermitage and is employed at the Mercer County Courthouse in Mercer, Pennsylvania.
For Penn State Shenango alumna Erica Meszaros, an internship at Sharon Regional Medical Center — combined with dual degrees in human development and family studies and from the occupational therapy assistant program — opened the door to a rewarding position with Sharon Regional Medical Center’s behavioral health inpatient unit upon graduation.
EnvironMentors at Penn State, a local chapter of a national program focused on engaging and preparing underrepresented high school students for careers in STEM fields, is looking for faculty mentors as it expands into its second year.
Penn State Shenango staff and faculty will host their 4th Annual Scoop & Paint fundraiser at 1:00 p.m. on Sat., August 3, in the campus’ Great Hall, 147 Shenango Avenue in downtown Sharon.
Penn State Shenango will hold an Adult and Transfer Enrollment Week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily July 8-12. Prospective students are invited to visit the Admissions Office in Lecture Hall Room 225, located on Shenango Avenue in downtown Sharon. No appointment is necessary.
Penn State police officers across Pennsylvania will host events for Penn State employees this summer featuring a variety of refreshments, from free coffee to pizza to ice cream and more.
Students of Penn State Shenango were honored at the campus’ 2019 Honors Convocation and Recognition Banquet for their outstanding academic and student leadership achievements and services. The recipients of this year’s Eric and Josephine Walker Award, Dennis W. Bartholomew Outstanding Adult Student Award, the Ann Wansack Award, as well as the Campus Director’s Teaching Excellence Award and the Margaret Cunningham Foley Memorial Teaching Award, were also part of the program.
The Penn State Shenango Academic Advising Office staff believe in getting to know their students in and outside their offices, and in order to accomplish that, Academic Advising Manager Amy Petrucci-Effinite and Advising Staff Assistant Taylor Cole implemented a new Lunch & Learn program this past year, which included several workshops and seminars for students and the campus community.
Penn State Shenango student entrepreneurs Ali Izzo and Holly Masters won $15,000 during “The Investment,” the finale of PennTAP’s Inc.U Competition, which aired May 16 on WPSU-TV.
The Penn State Shenango Alumni Society will hold its 18th annual Golf Scramble on June 15 at Pine Lakes Golf Club in Hubbard, Ohio. Proceeds from the event will benefit Penn State Shenango athletics and student scholarships.
