Sharon Regional Medical Center has teamed up with Penn State Shenango’s Athletics program to provide comprehensive athletic training services for the campus’ new men’s basketball team and women’s volleyball team. This past fall, through Sharon Regional’s Sports Medicine program, certified athletic trainer Deb Bornes began working with the Penn State Shenango Lions to provide professional services during the Lions’ home practices and games.
The Penn State Shenango Advisory Board and the Penn State Shenango Alumni Society have announced the creation of an Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State Shenango. The scholarship is part of the University’s Complete Penn State initiative targeting students facing financial hardships and risk of not completing a degree program.
Penn State Shenango Advisory Board member and retired Superintendent of Mohawk School District Kathleen Kwolek will give the commencement address at the 2018 Penn State Shenango Fall Commencement Ceremony at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Shenango campus Auditorium. Jo Anne Carrick, campus director and chief academic officer, will confer baccalaureate and associate degrees on the graduating students.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
