Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State in September 2019 during National Hispanic Heritage Month, and inaugurated the University's annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service.
The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.
Assistant Teaching Professor of English Angela Pettitt will present “Diversity Discourse: Understanding the Controversy Over DEI” on Sept. 28 at Penn State Shenango's first Faculty Lecture Series event of the fall 2023 semester.
Assistant Teaching Professor of English Angela Pettitt presents at Penn State Shenango's first Faculty Lecture Series event of the fall 2023 semester on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Penn State's EnvironMentors program connects high school students from underserved districts with the University's world-class research facilities and faculty, providing opportunities for them to achieve bright futures. The program, now in its sixth year, is currently accepting applications for faculty, undergraduate and high school students for the 2023-24 cohort. Applications are due by Oct. 15.
Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).
Penn State Shenango hosts the 10th annual Stamp Out Stigma mental health awareness event on Wednesday, Oct. 11, featuring clinical trauma specialist and TEDx speaker Jamie Marich as the keynote speaker.
Clinical trauma specialist and author Jamie Marich will speak at the 10th annual Stamp Out Stigma mental health awareness event at Penn State Shenango on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
Aliya Karim, a pre-med student at University Park who is from Ghana, takes a soil sample on the University Park campus. Karim, who served as an undergraduate mentor in the EnvironMentors program last year, researched the effects of soil health on microbial diversity along with high schooler Fatima Nadeem (not pictured).
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 12 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked for them in their work at the University.