David B. Meredith, associate professor of engineering at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has retired after 41 years of service. He has taught engineering and technology courses at Penn State Fayette since 1979.
The Office of Outreach and Continuing Education at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has adapted its popular summer youth programming to be offered virtually in July.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus established the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance, or IDEA, in the fall of 2019. Since then, the group has made strides on its primary objective to promote inclusion, diversity and equity on and off campus.
Penn State Mechanical and Industrial Engineering professor Tim Simpson discusses his work on the Manufacturing and Sterilization for the COVID-19 (MASC) Project. To hear the whole podcast conversation about this research, including the work of Moriah Szpara, associate professor of biology, biochemistry and molecular biology; and Melissa James, facilities coordinator at the Eva J. Pell Lab, visit www.thesymbioticpodcast.com.
The Advisory Board of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has named Jonathan Garlow and JoAnn Jankoski, respectively, as the 2020 recipients of the Outstanding Alumnus and Outstanding Fellow awards.
Twenty-four colleagues from 10 Penn State campuses, the University of Virginia and University of Wisconsin-Madison convened via Zoom on June 16 and 17, 2020, to discuss teaching the "The Art and Science of Human Flourishing," a 3-credit course for Penn State undergraduates. Among the concepts explored was "how we can compassionately hold ourselves and each other more accountable to participate in social change and to be a force for good in the world."
