Bradyn Claycomb, a senior electro-mechanical engineering technology student, was named the 2021 Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award winner at Penn State New Kensington.
Students and faculty members at Penn State New Kensington were recognized for their academic, teaching and engagement endeavors for the 2020-2021 school year. The full listing of award winners, along with photos and video messages from campus leadership, can be found at newkensington.promisesurfing.net/2021-Awards.
Four Penn State New Kensington students were inducted to Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society for engineering technology students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The society is recognized on the campus with a statue, which is where the inductees met for a distanced photo. The student inductees, from left to right, included: Steven Albright, Samuel Ramsey, Alex Polka and Nicholas Hwostow.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced the dates for phases 1B, 1C and 2 of the commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution program and Penn State is strongly encouraging all students, faculty and staff to sign up to get a vaccine as soon as they are eligible to receive one.
The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, in collaboration with partners around Penn State, will be celebrating Pride Month throughout April with a variety of programming for the University community.
As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize nine Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. Thank you Wes, Sonia, Jennifer, Mary, Megan, Todd, Tami, Maria and Marie — and everyone who helps make Penn State such an incredible community!
As of March 1 (the conclusion of the universal required re-testing period), the University is conducting random testing of between 1% and 2% of the University’s population of students and employees living, learning or working on campus as well as those who access campus.
