Bruno Bombarda-Mantovani, right, a Penn State York student, takes a shot at reciting the most digits of Pi to Abul Hasan, a recently retired physicist at Penn State York. Bombarda-Mantovani was the contest winner. This year's Pi Day celebration on March 14 includes plenty of food, fun and contests.
Francine Baker, coordinator of the master of education degree in teaching and curriculum at Penn State York, left, talks with attendees at the information night last year. The Graduate Information Night is set for Thursday, March 15 from 5-6:30 p.m., in the rehearsal room of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center on campus.
Ten students and two chaperones will travel to Texas during the University's spring break in March to do disaster relief work. The York group is part of about a 100-member team from Penn State traveling to Beaumont and Port Arthur to volunteer. Front row, Shireen Elayan, Adam Prusakowski, and Lauren Clemens; second row, Ninive Robles-Flores, Karra Thomason, Krista Searfoss, Thalia Splawn, Jelena Young and Dan Puccio; back row, Devon Ream and Carson McCafferty. Sheri Yoder, the second chaperone on the trip, is not pictured.
Dan Puccio, associate director os student affairs at Penn State York and a chaperone for the alternative spring break trip, leads a discussion session with students who are preparing to spend their spring break doing disaster relief in Texas in areas ravaged by Hurricane Harvey.
Penn State York honored men's and women's basketball players who are seniors during Senior Night on Feb. 6. Christian Buser, Emily Colon, Kayla Miller, and Karra Thomason, left to right, are set to graduate in May.
Casey Dierdorff, Paulina Martinez, and Thalia Splawn, left to right, show off their extra large red glasses and dancer mail sent to them by members of the campus community. York's color was red, and faculty, staff, students, and family members made sure the dancers had plenty of things to keep themselves busy during the 46-hour dance marathon.
Keeping it lively, some of the members of Penn State York Benefiting THON cheer on the dancers from the stands at the Bryce Jordan Center prior to the official start of during THON Weekend, Feb. 16-18. Once THON started at 6 p.m. Friday, there was no sitting for 46 hours.
Penn State York's Chinese New Year celebration on Feb. 20 features a variety of activities and food. It is the year of the dog, and members of the campus and community can also learn more about Chinese culture. One of the most popular activities for visitors is to have their name written in Chinese on a card they can take with them as a memento.
Casey Dierdorff, Paulina Martinez, and Thalia Splawn, left to right, are putting on their dancing shoes for 46 hours to represent Penn State York at the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON) at the Bryce Jordan Center on Feb. 16-18. York's dancers will be among the more than 700 students dancing for a cure in the fight against pediatric cancer.
