Penn State Shenango Assistant Teaching Professor Lisa Bertin has established the Complete Penn State Shenango Scholarship by making a $12,500 pledge to the campus.
Penn State Shenango’s third Lecture Series event will feature Assistant Professor Lauren Altenburger of the campus’s human development and family studies program. Altenburger will present research in her lecture titled "It Takes a Village: Why Co-Parenting Matters for Child Development” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Enrolled students who are noncompliant with the weekly required testing will lose access to Canvas until they become compliant. Continued noncompliance will result in additional disciplinary sanctions, up to and including conduct suspension upon the completion of a formal student conduct process.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
