Penn State Abington student received awards for outstanding merit during a reception for the Bertha Lear Annual Student Art Exhibition. The exhibition and one of the awards are supported by donors Robert A. Lear and his late wife, Marilyn; and Lois and Stanley Singer.
Penn State Abington student researchers delivered their well-practiced elevator pitches on April 12 at the annual ACURA (Abington College Undergraduate Research Activities) exhibition. About 60 students presented 31 projects, answering questions from faculty judges about the process and results.
Smit Patel, a junior majoring in business administration at Penn State Abington, has been awarded the 2023 Ardeth and Norman Frisbey International Student Award for undergraduates. The award recognizes undergraduate students who have contributed significantly to furthering international understanding.
Jack Darnell, an adult student majoring in integrative arts, designs and constructs wooden flutes while working full time, composing music for his next record, and taking courses focused on music production and entrepreneurship.
First-generation college student Michael Quinn has found opportunities and success at Penn State despite the academic challenges he faced in high school.
A Penn State Abington engineering major is flourishing academically and laying the groundwork for the future by capitalizing on opportunities open to undergraduates, including research and presenting at professional conferences with the support of his faculty mentor.
Students will develop skills to advance solutions to complex societal problems while earning the new race and ethnic studies degree, which is only available at Penn State Abington.
Penn State Abington provides tutoring, writing consultations, and success coaching at no cost at the Center for Student Achievement. Students are encouraged to visit the center to build their skills before they run into challenges.
Penn State Abington launched more than 225 new alumni into the world at its summer/fall 2022 commencement exercises with Philadelphia City Councilmember At Large Isaiah Thomas, the keynote speaker, encouraging graduates to “keep the Nittany Lion fight in you.”
Lixian Yan has been named the fall 2022 student marshal for the Penn State College of Engineering. She will receive her bachelor of science degree with a double major in electrical engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the College of Engineering and in physics (electronics option) from the Eberly College of Science. Yan attended Penn State Abington before transitioning to the University Park campus.
