Anne Vardo-Zalik. Associate professor of biology at Penn state York, left, works with a student in a lab on campus as part of an undergraduate research experience.
Creative writers and artists at Penn State York are encouraged to submit original works for campus' Literary Competition and the online magazine, "Any Other Word."
Strong Winds, an oil painting by Ophelia Chambliss, was the cover on the first issue of "Any Other Word," the campus online magazine, back in 2007. Chambliss, a Penn State graduate who started her degree at Penn State York, is a well-known local artist and also an adjunct faculty member at Penn State York and Penn State Harrisburg. She recently was the recipient of the Dorrie Leader Advocacy Award.
Submissions are now being accepted for the Penn State York Literary Competition sponsored by the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) and "Any Other Word," the campus online magazine. Isabel Barbera and Ariel Barbera, editors for the magazine and judges for the competition, left to right, talk with Noel Sloboda, associate professor of English and adviser for the magazine, about the creative arts contest which includes fiction, poetry, and magazine cover art. Students are encouraged to submit work by October 31.
Penn State York students started the fall semester on Aug. 23 with plenty of Welcome Week activities sponsored by the University Programming Board (UPB).
Ashton Ball, seated, gets reacquainted with her friends, Charissa Trout and Madison Forbes, outside the Fitness Center in the Joe and Rosie Ruhr Student Community Center (The Ruhl Center). All three women are seniors majoring in human development and family studies (HDFS), and happy to be back on campus.
Just Ask Me (JAM) tents set-up outside the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center, Monday – Wednesday, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. to offer a place for students to get their questions answered. Victoria Huynh, a sophomore at Penn State York, offers advice to Adam Boyer, a senior at the campus.
