The Penn State Shenango Earth Fest, which has become a popular annual event in the Shenango Valley for adults and children of all ages, will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 6 at the campus' Great Hall and Atrium in downtown Sharon. The festival, which is free and open to the community, will include live music and entertainment, an educational presentation on sustainability by author/journalist Seamus McGraw, children’s activities, a local artists’ market, Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream, and information from sustainability-minded local organizations and businesses.
Penn State Shenango invites the community for a night of sculptures, ceramics, paintings, and drawings as the campus concludes its 2018-19 lecture series at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in the Lecture Hall Art Gallery. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Penn State Shenango is gearing up for its annual Upcycled Art Contest, which is held in conjunction with the campus’ Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 6. The contest is designed to inspire elementary and middle school students to create treasure from “trash.”
Penn State Shenango contributed $19.4 million to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017, and supported, directly and indirectly, 253 Pennsylvania jobs. A new study, released Feb. 26 by Penn State, focused on measuring the University’s impact in communities across the Commonwealth.
The Penn State Shenango Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) has once again come up with a strategy to help students in need. This spring, SAC’s Student Focus Subcommittee established “The Nittany Nook,” a grab-and-go type food pantry located in two areas on campus: Sharon Hall room 207 and the Lartz Memorial Library. The Nook provides students with instant meals and snacks while they are on campus. In addition to addressing students’ hunger needs, the subcommittee is also providing information on community resources.
Penn State Shenango’s Human Development and Family Studies department, in conjunction with the Mercer County Children’s Advocacy Center and the Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission, recently hosted Stewards of Children, an evidence-informed, child abuse prevention program, on the local Penn State campus.
Penn State Shenango will continue its 2018-19 Lecture Series with a talk on “Local Engineering” presented by Matthew Caputo, assistant teaching professor of engineering, at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in Lecture Hall 223. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Primary Health Network Charitable Foundation recently made two substantial contributions to Penn State Shenango -- one, a $30,000 gift to establish an Open Doors Scholarship at the Shenango campus in support of the University-wide campaign “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” and the second, a $15,000 donation in support the campus’ athletics program. Through a 2:1 match by the University, the $30,000 donation will increase the scholarship to a $90,000 endowment for the local campus.
Anyone who has ever been to Disney World knows what a magical place it can be, and for three Penn State Shenango students who were accepted into the Disney College Program their experience was truly a dream come true.
Penn State Shenango staff and faculty will host their fourth annual Scoop & Paint fundraiser at noon on Saturday, Feb. 16, in the campus’ Great Hall, 147 Shenango Avenue in downtown Sharon, Pennsylvania.
