A new look and feel will greet visitors to Penn State’s Commonwealth Campus websites beginning June 21. The refreshed websites, which apply to each of the University’s Commonwealth Campuses, are the result of in-depth research on user needs and best practices, resulting in modern, mobile-friendly and engaging sites that highlight the power of Penn State’s campus communities.
Penn State Greater Allegheny orientation leaders, academic advisers, and staff recently welcomed the Class of 2026 to campus. Additional sessions are planned throughout the summer.
Based on public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), face masks are no longer required to be worn indoors at the Abington, Beaver, Behrend, Brandywine and Greater Allegheny campuses; however, indoor masking is required at the Hazleton, Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre campuses.
Face masks are now required to be worn indoors on five additional Penn State campuses, in accordance with public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that advises that masks be worn in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
Megan Nagel, associate chief academic officer and associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been named the campus’ interim chancellor and chief academic officer through June 30, 2023. She succeeds Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Jacqueline Edmondson, who recently announced her departure to become the president of the University of Southern Maine.
Even before taking the reins as Penn State’s 19th president this month, Neeli Bendapudi has spent much of the spring traveling across the commonwealth on her listening tour of the University’s campuses.
Jacqueline Edmondson, chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny since 2017, was named the 18th president of the University of Southern Maine today (May 16). Edmondson begins her tenure at that institution on July 1.
Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences has awarded eight seed grants to bolster computational and data science research projects throughout the University. The support will benefit researchers from five Penn State campuses studying topics ranging from weather prediction to forecasting mortgage loan closures to exploring engineering approaches for battery materials.
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Dean Hardin and Greater Allegheny Chancellor Edmondson shared information on their work to raise awareness of diversity and human rights during a discussion with the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations on May 5.
