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.
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.
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.
Penn State Shenango will begin its 2019-20 Lecture Series with a presentation by Kathy Shaffer, assistant teaching professor of chemistry, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, in Lecture Hall 223. Shaffer will discuss 2019 as being the “International Year of the Periodic Table” and what it means to us and to science.
Penn State students who commute to campus or live in on-campus apartments have a convenient option for grabbing a meal or a snack: the Commuter Meal Plan. The plan, which is charged to the student account, has recently been expanded to three levels and is now offered at additional Penn State locations.
In recognition of September being National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Penn State Shenango will address suicide prevention and awareness at its sixth annual Stamp Out Stigma event on Sept. 18.
Penn State Shenango will hold its eighth annual Dr. Jane A. Williams Memorial 5K run/1.5 mile walk at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 at the Shenango campus located in downtown Sharon. The event is in honor of Williams, a 25-year employee of the Shenango campus who died after a brief illness.
National Coffee with a Cop Day is Oct. 2, and Penn State police officers are celebrating by giving away coffee and snacks at 22 campuses across Pennsylvania.
If you have a history of addiction recovery and want to help others, Penn State Shenango will host a Beaver campus Continuing Education course on “Certified Recovery Specialist Training” from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturdays, beginning Oct. 5 and ending Dec. 14, in Sharon Hall room 108 in downtown Sharon, Pennsylvania.
Not sure of what your plans are after high school? Want to learn more about the various majors available at your local Penn State campus and about its popular 2 + 2 programs, including the University’s colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Engineering? Penn State Shenango will host a Discover Day: A Majors Fair between noon and 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the campus auditorium.
