Penn State York will be closed for the semester break beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, and reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. For information about the campus, visit york.psu.edu. Classes for the spring semester begin Jan. 7.
Showing off his "eggcellent" grill work, Ryan Service, director of enrollment services at Penn State York, prepares some scrambled eggs during a recent Late-night Breakfast. This popular campus event provides an opportunity for students to relax, eat free food, enjoy entertainment, and meet some campus faculty and staff.
Brooke MacDonald, left, and Kristen Jackson, Penn State York students and members of the Penn Players, rehearse a scene from "Almost, Maine," which takes to the stage at 6 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4 at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center. The performances are free and open to the public.
Sporting a #fightlikehill shirt, Justin Luton, a member of the Penn State York basketball team, warms up prior to the 2017 basketball games honoring Maddie Hill. Members of the women's and men's basketball team, the athletics staff, the York THON group, and others will wear shirts honoring Hill at the games set for Dec. 7.
Penn State York will honor the late Maddie Hill on Tuesday, Jan. 14, in a ceremony between the women's and men's basketball games. This plaque hangs in the student affairs office at Penn State York as a remembrance of her heroic fight against cancer and her dedication to the cause. Hill battled cancer three times and never gave up on finding a cure for pediatric cancer. She canned with Penn State York Benefiting THON and was an active member of the group even while undergoing chemotherapy. Hill died on June 29, 2016.
Penn State York hosted the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) on Nov, 2 and 3, and State Representative Carol-Hill Evans, 95th Legislative District, York, Pennsylvania, shared her experiences in public service as well as her Penn State pride. She is the commencement speaker at the York campus on Friday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. in the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center). Hill-Evans attended Penn State York where she earned an associate of science degree in Business Administration and a bachelor of science in Business. She credits her positive experience at the campus with leading her to a career in public service.
Ali Kara, professor of business administration and program coordinator for the new Project and Supply Chain Management degree at Penn State York, works with business students during a marketing class. The program begins in fall 2019, and is designed to prepare business professionals to enter the workforce with the tools to manage projects and supply chains in all aspects of business.
Nominations are being accepted for the 2018-19 James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching. Fall nominations are open through Dec. 7. Jessica Petko, assistant professor of biology, and James Miller, adjunct lecturer in mathematics, were the 2018 honorees.
