At a ceremony held July 16 at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, 130 high-achieving southwestern Pennsylvania high school students joined the Penn State Fayette and United Bank 4.0 Club.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus sophomore William Guseman (right) mentors first-year student David D’Antonio. Both participated in this summer’s PaSSS program, which provides financial and educational support to students, helping them to graduate on time.
Army veteran Daniel Sparks was living the good life during the nation’s oil and gas boom but found himself laid off last November, with no prospects for work. The father of three felt that his leadership experience from the military would appeal to some employers, but he knew that his job prospects were diminished without a college degree. Less than a year later, Sparks has blossomed into a full-fledged college student who is active at Penn State's Fayette campus, in particular with the Student Veterans Association.
Students participating in week two of the Chevron STEM camps at Penn State Fayette are, front row, from left: Abigail Cloutier, Marissa Pritts, Brianna Pritts, Garrett Pritts and Brianna Rychtarsky. Seated in the middle row, from left, are: Isabell Kudyba, Erin Trainer, Haleigh Shultz, Haley Miller, Macie Nance and Erin Rychtarsky. Seated in the back row, from left, are: David Stephenson, Luke Smearcheck, James Brown, Hunter Craig, James Baur, Caleb Skirpan and Michael Cavanagh. Standing are instructors Bernadette Trainer, Lynne Roy and Theresa Frick, along with Joseph Segilia, director of outreach and continuing education.
Mitchell Hornberger and Marisa Rios, 2015 Schuylkill PaSSS students, tend to the new campus community garden that was established as part of the campus sustainability program, Envision, Plan, Implement, Change, Sustain (EPICS).
