Lady Lions Softball Team qualifies for PSUAC playoffs
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Women's Softball team has qualified for the PSUAC playoffs. It is the first time in school history that the team has made the postseason tournament. The Lady Lions finished fourth in the conference with a record of 11-7 and an overall record of 13-19. The team only had two wins all of last season. "We are very excited that we have the chance to play for a conference championship," said Head Coach Ryan Astor.
Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter will confer degrees on 43 students at Penn State Greater Allegheny's spring commencement beginning at 11a.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Wunderley Gymnasium. Diplomas will be awarded in a number of areas, including business, communications, applied psychology, and information sciences and technology (IST).
On Monday, April 21, Senator Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, will hold a Town Hall Meeting, "On Track for Change," at Penn State Greater Allegheny.The event will take place at the Wunderley Gymnasium, Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4000 University Drive, McKeesport, PA 15132.Doors open at 4:00 PM, and the program begins at 6:00 PM.The event is free and open to the public. However, seating is limited and tickets are required. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Penn State Greater Allegheny's chapter of Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, inducted new members on April 17. Present for the induction ceremony was Mariam Salisu. Also inducted were Allison Arnfield, Amber Kestler, and Kaitlin Kennedy.
Students, faculty and staff from Penn State Greater Allegheny recently volunteered at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank located in Duquesne. Twenty-eight students from IST 111S (Freshman Seminar in IST) and ENVST 100 (Visions of Nature) classes helped in the agency's repack center, sorting through large donations of food, beverages and other grocery items and repackaging them into smaller packages for pickup and distribution at the hundreds of smaller food pantries, soup kitchens, and distribution agencies in the Food Bank's eleven-county servi
Seven Corporate Communications students from Penn State Greater Allegheny won first place in the Course-Based Project (all disciplines) category at the annual Undergraduate Research Exhibition sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Schreyer Honors College, and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at University Park on April 9.
ABSENCE: Penn State Greater Allegheny's Literary and Art Magazine announces its spring Celebration of the Arts, featuring the work of each year's authors and artists at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, in the Ostermayer Room in the Student Community Center. The event will features performances that include live jazz, excerpts from the spring play, acoustic guitar, a stand-up comedian and screening of short films. The event is free to the public.
Greater Allegheny hires Men's Basketball coachPenn State Greater Allegheny announces the hiring of Clyde Manns as the new head coach for Men's Basketball. Manns comes to Penn State Greater Allegheny after serving six years as the assistant coach at LaRoche College. While there, he helped the Redhawks win the AMCC Championship in 2004. Along with coaching on the collegiate level, Manns played for four years at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. During his junior and senior seasons, the team won back-to-back conference championships.
Penn State Greater Allegheny Theatre students will present a tale of ancient Tibet, "What Happened at Vaisali," at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students and seniors, and free to Penn State Greater Allegheny students.
Penn State Greater Allegheny will hold its 25th annual Honors Convocation at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the Wunderley Gymnasium on campus. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter will preside. More than 150 Penn State Greater Allegheny students will receive awards for academic achievement and leadership. Each year, scholarships are awarded in a number of categories. Other named scholarships and campus awards cover a broad range of criteria for the respective honors.