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St. Vincent de Paul Society representative Jody Wells, second from left, Rian Davis, Geoffrey Salitrik, Dan Bollbecker, William Cramer, and instructor Don Wilson.

Fayette campus class does good deed for local charity

Jody Wells of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is always seeking workers for the charity’s second-hand store in downtown Uniontown, but for the past year she had another mission: finding somebody to redesign the organization’s “boring” website that drew few visitors and no new volunteers.
From left, Mara Wallace, Kori Whitehead, and John Yohman.

Fayette campus students restore historic painting

A 1964 painting of George Washington’s local grist mill that had long been displayed inside the Fayette County Courthouse recently got a much-needed touch-up, courtesy of some student volunteers from Patrick Daugherty’s ART 010 class at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus.
 Dan Sparks, president of the Student Veterans Association at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, displays a $1,000 check for a chapter grant his organization recently received from Student Veterans of America.

Fayette campus veterans group receives $1,000 grant

Dan Sparks, president of the Student Veterans Association (SVA) of Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, got an early Christmas present Dec. 5, when he received an email from the Student Veterans of America informing him that his chapter had received a $1,000 grant.
Pictured are, from left, first row: Kendall Mitchell, Andrew Charnovich, Meredith, and Danielle Shirosky. Second row: Christopher Kesterson, Justin Quaranto, Dairui Yang, Marco Morici, and Cara Jackson.

Finding ways to save energy at Fayette campus

While almost every course at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus concludes with a final test, paper or project of some sort, not very many result in benefits to the environment. But by reconsidering how they live their lives over the past semester, students in Associate Engineering Professor David Meredith’s EGEE 102 class discovered ways they could cut their energy consumption.
From left, Dalton Coursin, Mike Fetsco, Alex Provance, Tony Bristol, Brandon Cunningham, Dr. Charles Patrick, Heather Fani, Savannah Nassar, Janai Showman, Tyler Garlick, and Mary Inks-Budinsky.

Learning Fair at Fayette campus is all about research

Staff and faculty members made their way into the Library at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus Dec. 8 for the Undergraduate Learning Fair to see what a hundred student-researchers had discovered this semester. Each spring and fall, Learning Fair competitions provide opportunities to display the academic curiosity and presentation skills of students at the Fayette campus through posters they have created.

Applications being accepted for Noyce Scholarship

Applications for the Penn State Secondary Mathematics Noyce Scholarship Program must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2017. The competitive renewable scholarships will provide $19,000 per year for eligible students’ last two years of college.
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Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters

This week, we recognize eight people who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with World Campus, Penn State Fayette, Penn State Altoona, the College of Arts and Architecture, Undergraduate Education, the College of Health and Human Development, Commonwealth Campuses and the Office of Research Protections.
Fayette Engineering faculty member Nate Bohna instructs Darlene Means and Jerry Manchas, employees of Uniontown’s Machine Fabricating and Weight Equipment Shop, in the use of Solidworks software, which they will use to create images of manufactured parts.

Local manufacturer sends workers to Fayette campus

Employees of Machine Fabricating and Weight Equipment Shop of Uniontown spent several Saturdays this fall at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, learning about specialized software used for rendering 3D CAD images of parts the company manufactures.