Heather Shultz, a sophomore electro-mechanical engineering technology student at Penn State New Kensington and welder, was named this year's Frederick J. Berger scholarship winner from Tau Alpha Pi, the national engineering technology honors society.
Enrolled students who are noncompliant with the weekly required testing will lose access to Canvas until they become compliant. Continued noncompliance will result in additional disciplinary sanctions, up to and including conduct suspension upon the completion of a formal student conduct process.
After having a regular season record of 12-5, the New Kensington soccer team earned a bid to the USCAA national tournament held in Virginia Beach and added three All-American student-athletes to its roster.
In alignment with the recent announcement from the White House on federal vaccination requirements, all Penn State employees at all locations are now subject to a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The deadline for employees to receive their final dose of a vaccine is Jan. 4, 2022
Shara McCallum, 2021–22 Penn State Laureate and Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, will visit Penn State New Kensington to read from her works on Nov. 2. The event, which will take place at 12:05 p.m. in the Forum Theatre, is free and open to the public. Masking is required.
Penn State New Kensington has been named one of four new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Centers (SMIC) by the U.S. Department of Energy in partnership with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Institute. The Digital Foundry at New Kensington is now one one of only eight SMICs nationwide.
Penn State students, faculty and staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and those who have not shared with the University that they are fully vaccinated will be required to test weekly for COVID-19 throughout the fall semester, or until they share with the University that they have been fully vaccinated.
In a move designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 on Penn State campuses, the union representing about 2,600 technical service employees, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, including meetings, tabling, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
