Penn State World Campus student Tyler Knabb of Reading will embark on a cycling journey Oct. 22 to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. 他的920英里, eight-day cycling trip is in memory of his mother and friend who lost their battles with cancer.
Professionals needing career development, senior citizens wanting to get online, or adults looking for leisure-time activities can hone their skills during the fall 2012 semester at Penn State 新肯辛顿. The Continuing Education Office sponsors a series of noncredit courses throughout October and November that includes courses on project management, 互联网安全, 社交网络, 和Word软件. The courses feature certificate programs, seminars and workshops, 还有短期课程. The courses do not carry college credit and are often part of a certificate program or are designed to meet the needs of specific skill development. Although a majority of the classes are held at the 新肯辛顿 campus in Upper Burrell, some classes may be taken at the Regional Learning 所有iance in Cranberry, Pa. The alliance is a cooperative venture that offers education and training programs in the greater Pittsburgh region.
CSI尽管, forensics experts cannot always retrieve fingerprints from objects, but a conformal coating process developed by Penn State professors can reveal hard-to-develop fingerprints on nonporous surfaces without altering the chemistry of the print. "As prints dry or age, the common techniques used to develop latent fingerprints, such as dusting or cyanoacrylate -- SuperGlue -- fuming often fail," said Robert Shaler, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and director of Penn State's forensic sciences program.
Looking for back issues of the Penn State 新肯辛顿 newswire? Then visit Penn State Live, the news organization of Penn State that provides daily news about the University. Under the auspices of the Public Information Office, the news service is a clearinghouse for all 23campus newswires. With a subscription base of more than 170,000 校友 and friends, the campus newswires are distributed at various times--daily, 每周, 两周一次的, monthly and reach almost a million e-mail boxes each month. Penn State 新肯辛顿's newswire subscription base is close to 800 students, 教师, 工作人员, 父母, 校友, and friends and its four monthly issues reach more than 30,000 e-mail boxes each month.
The Office of Continuing Education at Penn State 新肯辛顿 is sponsoring a series of 36 non-credit courses, titled Public Offerings, 今年春天. Non-credit courses include professional development seminars and workshops, 会议, certificate programs, 还有短期课程. The courses do not carry college credit and are often part of a certificate program or are designed to meet the needs of specific skill development. The cost of each course varies. For more information, call Pat Hollinger at 724-334-6053 or Nancy Miller at 724-334-6014.
An artist reception for Bud 吉本斯, assistant professor of art at Penn State 新肯辛顿, will be held in the art gallery on April 11, 晚上7点.m. 吉本斯' exhibit, "Borrowing from the Past," is on display throughout the month of April. 吉本斯, a 教师 member since 1974, annually exhibits his work for the PSNK and the local communities. A graduate of Penn State and the Maryland Institute for the Arts, 吉本斯 has painted landscapes in the United States, 中国, 和秘鲁. A multi-media piece by 吉本斯 was on display at the Andy Warhol Museum last September.
