Two school districts.Two local foundations.Two program models.One goal: Close the achievement gap for elementary and middle school students struggling with math and reading.
Penn State McKeesport Continuing Education (CE) is piloting the Pathways to Success program in the East Alleghenyand the WashingtonCountyAreaSchool Districts. Dr.
Penn State McKeesport will host two information programs for adult and prospective transfer students this summer. Prospective students who have previous undergraduate academic work can bring a copy of their transcripts and our admissions staff will perform an informal evaluation of the courses for transfer to Penn State. The fall semester begins on Tuesday, September 5, 2006. The two programs will take place:
Tuesday, July 18, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Penn State McKeesport Alumni Society will have a Penn State Creamery Ice Cream booth at the City of McKeesport's International Village on August 15, 16, and 17, 2006.
Alumni will be serving Creamery favorites, including Peachy Paterno, Butter Pecan and Death by Chocolate. Ye Olde College Diner Grilled Stickies will also be served a la mode. Half-gallons of ice cream will also be available for sale.
All proceeds benefit the Penn State McKeesport Alumni Scholarship Fund.
When the campus radio station in the old "BUB" went live on April 5, 1971, students tacked cardboard egg cartons to the walls to enhance acoustics, built and mixing console, bought a mike in a pawn shop, and scrounged tow cast-off turntables. The booth was an old wooden desk piled with equipment. While they may have lacked sophisticated equipment, the entrepreneurial students running WPSM made up for it with ingenuity and technical know-how.
Thanks to the support of generous alumni and friends, Penn State McKeesport raised $430,894 in gifts during the 2005-06 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. Donors contributed $148,271 for scholarship support, $167,916 for outreach programs and special projects, $95,092 for buildings and equipment, and $19,615 in general support.
Penn State McKeesport Professor of Mathematics, Zhibo Chen, and his former student, Tian Liang, have coauthored an article that has been accepted by the College Mathematics Journal. The article, "Converse of Viviani's Theorem, " is scheduled for November, 2006 publication.
Orientation 2006 for new first-year students began on September 3, 2006, and consisted of a full week of fun activities and informative workshops. Students and their families learned about the many resources available on campus, and had the opportunity to meet the faculty, staff, and students of Penn State McKeesport.
Penn State's presence in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport will be taking on a new name: Penn State Allegheny.
Approved September 15 by the University's Board of Trustees, the name change is intended to support the campus' regional presence, facilitate an expanded vision and evolving mission for the campus and raise general awareness of the campus.
The new moniker also is expected to give a sense of ownership to campus alumni and Penn Staters living in Allegheny County, and reinforce the campus' position as the only Penn State location in the county