The Advisory Board of Penn State Fayette has named Edward F. Zeglen Jr. and Lori A. Omatick, respectively, as the 2026 recipients of the Outstanding Alumnus and Outstanding Fellow awards.
John Nauright, associate dean for research and innovation and special assistant for health initiatives in the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University, has been named dean of the University College at Penn State, effective July 1.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 19 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus announced the winners of its spring Undergraduate Exhibition, which drew 120 student participants and marked the campus’ largest exhibition in recent years.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus recognized students for academic achievement, leadership, service, intercollegiate athletics, and campus and community involvement during the 60th Annual Student Awards Celebration on Thursday, April 23.
Candice Yekel, former associate vice president for research at Penn State, will deliver the commencement address during Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus’ spring ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, in the Community Center Main Arena.
During finals week, Penn State University Libraries offers the De-stress Fest, which takes place at all five branch libraries across the University Park campus and at five campuses across the commonwealth, offering free snacks, games, activities, art therapy and other stress-management options that vary at each location.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will host its third-annual Out of the Darkness Walk on April 24 to raise awareness and support for suicide prevention.
Volunteers from Penn State Abington, Beaver, Berks, Fayette, New Kensington and University Park spent spring break volunteering at food pantries in Pittsburgh and the Greater Philadelphia Region.
As the 2025-26 Penn State Laureate, filmmaker and associate professor Pearl Gluck is traveling across the commonwealth to share her films and examine how storytelling lives within communities — not only in places, but through the people who care for them: archivists, artists, educators, librarians, museum guides and local historians who serve as keepers of cultural memory.
