Justin Aglio, interim vice president for Penn State Outreach and executive director for the Readiness Institute at Penn State, introduces a workshop about financial literacy to high school students.
The grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will support 40 Community and Future Workshops across four campuses in southwestern Pennsylvania: Penn State Beaver; Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus; Penn State Greater Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington.
Allegheny County high school students are learning essential skills through the Penn State Commonwealth Campuses Community and Future Workshop Series made possible through a partnership with the Readiness Institute (RI) at Penn State and funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The $100,000 grant from the Benedum Foundation will support 40 Community and Future Workshops across four campuses in southwestern Pennsylvania: Penn State Beaver; Penn State Fayette, the Eberly Campus; Penn State Greater Allegheny and Penn State New Kensington.
JW Cortés, an actor who portrays Detective Alvarez on the hit TV show "Gotham," will give the keynote address for Hispanic Heritage Month at Penn State Berks on Sept. 15, 2022.
Penn State Altoona will host workshops and a spoken word performance by award-winning author, speaker, and equity and inclusion strategist Carlos Andrés Gómez on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State's first annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service in 2019.
Malpaso Dance Company will perform at Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Cuban dance ensemble, an associate company of Joyce Theater Productions, will perform works by choreographers Daile Carrazanna, Mats Ek, Aszure Barton and Robyn Mineko Williams. Read more here.
