Representatives from the Penn State Greater Allegheny Health Sciences Club and the American Red Cross organized a blood drive with a dual purpose — to show support for a campus colleague and increase donations to help others.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2024 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Sommar Chilton, associate teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Health and Human Development; Linda Istanbulli, Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and assistant professor of comparative literature and Arabic in the College of the Liberal Arts; Siu Ling "Pansy" Leung, associate teaching professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering; Kuei-Nuan Lin, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Greater Allegheny; Sarah Nilson, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Beaver; and Kara Stone, assistant teaching professor of English at Penn State Scranton.
The Penn State Laureate will lead the Greater Allegheny community as they make "the invisible visible" through movement, light and time during an upcoming workshop.
Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education.
Three members of the men's basketball team and one member of the women's basketball team were honored by Penn State Greater Allegheny for exceptional play this season. Each player has scored 1,000 points so far this season.
As part of its student success efforts, Penn State Greater Allegheny asked first-semester students to identify their points of connection. More than 80 faculty, staff and students were named by those surveyed.
Penn State Greater Allegheny Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Megan L. Nagel has announced the campus' fall 2023 dean’s list. More than 100 Greater Allegheny students earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher, and are recognized for their academic accomplishments.
Students, faculty and staff across all Penn State campuses will now have free access to virtual technology programming provided by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP), thanks to a newly expanded partnership with TCCP spearheaded by Penn State Harrisburg, a longtime member of the council.
