Students explored the True Black History Museum when it visited the campus on Jan. 30, as an early Black History Month event sponsored by the Penn State York Office of Student Affairs. The traveling black history museum included more than 1,000 artifacts and original documents from historic figures dating from the late 1700s to the 21st century. The collection includes original documents from Booker T. Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Washington Carver, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Angela Davis, President Barack Obama, and many other prominent African-Americans.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018-19 Penn State York Advising Award. Students may submit nominations for the award, which is presented annually at the Academic Awards Program in April.
Get ready to take the SAT by enrolling in Penn State York’s SAT prep course beginning Saturday, March 23. The four-week course meets from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.every Saturday through April 13 in Room 112 of the Edward M. Elias Science Building.
Spring nominations are being accepted for the 2018-19 James H. Burness Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is given annually to recognize any aspect of excellent instruction — lectures, demonstrations, classroom activities, handling of discussions, individual attention, laboratory instruction, etc. — that contributes to the academic quality of Penn State York.
There’s something about Penn State that turns the “I” into “We,” but what is it? How do thousands of individual “me’s” turn into a powerful “us,” all to make the world a better place?
Mother, uncle, friend — each of Penn State York’s THON dancers has experienced cancer though the loss of someone they knew well. Justin Neal lost his mother to cervical cancer eight years ago. Yaribeth Ocasio lost her uncle to prostate cancer, and Kelsey Haines lost a friend and former Penn State York student to leukemia. All three will represent their campus in the fight against pediatric cancer at the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, affectionately known as THON, Feb. 15-17 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Showing off their diamonds, York's dancers, Kelsey Haines, left, Yaribeth Ocasio, right, and Justin Neal, stop by the Nittany Lion bench outside The Bradley Building at Penn State York. The three dancers representing York are looking forward to THON Weekend, Feb. 15-17, at the Bryce Jordan Center.
A second session of the Self-Defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange Course Program for Women is being offered from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Penn State York. The free course is being offered by the Penn State York Police and Public Safety Department.
Students at Penn State York participated in the Self-Defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange (SAFE) Course Program Opportunity for Women in January at the campus. A second opportunity to take the free course is set for Friday, Feb. 22 from 1:30-4 p.m. in Room 112 of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. The course is free to all women on campus, and provided by the Police and Public Safety Department at Penn State York.
