Eleanor Sigrest gets a rocket ready to launch during last year's Pathways program. Sigrest, now a 10th grade student from Woodbridge, Virginia, led the workshop Aim for Mars. This year, she is one of the keynote speakers and will again lead a workshop to encourage participants to aim for Mars! She is a National Science Fair winner, and has received national attention for her work and was featured on NBC’s morning show, “Today.”
Noel Sloboda, Ph.D., associate professor of English, will explore the reasons why science fiction has become so popular. Students will have the opportunity read a variety of novels and analyze movies and television series.
Science fictions fans shouldn't miss the opportunity to explore this genre during summer sessions at Penn State York. The class begins Wednesday, June 28.
Penn State Behrend graduate Olivia Dubin could not attend the college's May 3 commencement ceremony because she is completing an internship in Germany. Dubin, who earned a degree in plastics engineering technology, used one of the college's robots to participate in the program remotely.