The Center for Community and Public Safety (CCPS) at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Fayette County Emergency Medical Services Council, will offer free first aid training to local law enforcement in support of the “Stop the Bleed” campaign.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2018 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching — Fred Aebli, information sciences and technology program co-coordinator and lecturer at Penn State Worthington Scranton; Elaine S. Barry, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Fayette; Mary Connerty, senior lecturer in English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Dennis Decoteau, professor of horticulture and plant system health in the College of Agricultural Sciences; Fred Fonseca, associate professor of information sciences and technology in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; and Michael Janik, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering.
Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. The invitation-only ceremony for the 2018 awards was Tuesday, April 3, at University Park.
The Lion Players theater group at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will present "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," the campus' 21st annual production of a full-length, student-produced Shakespeare play. Showtimes are at 11 a.m. April 11 and 12, and 7 p.m. April 13 and 14 in the Magerko Auditorium of the Community Center.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, in partnership with the Fay-Penn Economic Development Council, held a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Fayette LaunchBox, a startup accelerator facility, on April 11.
Two students of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, have been selected to receive the 2018 Erickson Discovery Grant awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Education at University Park.
Twenty students from Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus traveled to Washington D.C. to complete service projects for the Capital Area Food Bank during an inaugural alternative spring break trip.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, inducted 43 students into Pi Sigma Phi, the campus honor society, in a ceremony attended by friends and family on April 16.
Quintin B. Bullock, president of the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), spoke at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, on April 18 for the CEO Conversations series. David D’Antonio, sophomore accounting major, moderated the discussion.