by Mark Golaszewski | Sep 16, 2024 | General, Impact Story, We Are
Faces of Philanthropy More than forty years ago, Vice Provost for Online Education at Penn State Renata Engel was a first-year undergraduate student at Penn State Fayette. Without the means to complete an internship or study abroad, Renata credits a research...
by Lesley Quesada | May 7, 2024 | General, Impact Story, We Are
Growing Together: Then and Now In 1914, Penn State set aside land with the intent to one day create an arboretum, where the Commonwealth’s remarkable diversity of tree species and other flora could be studied and celebrated. Nearly 100 years later, a $10 million gift...
by Lesley Quesada | Aug 15, 2023 | General, Impact Story, We Are
An Unrivaled Collection A Chambersburg area native, John Miner found his way into the University community as an avid sports fan—and into Penn State history as a prolific collector. John Miner never earned a Penn State degree; in fact, he never earned a college degree...
by Mark Golaszewski | May 2, 2023 | General, Impact Story, We Are
Faces of Philanthropy: Talia Walton ’27 3 Faces of Philanthropy: Talia Walton ’27 Talia Walton ’27 grew up in Maryland—out of state, but not out of touch with the power of the University community. As a first-year student in the fall of 2022, she found...
by Mark Golaszewski | Sep 20, 2022 | General, Impact Story, We Are
Drilling for Geologic Solutions 3 It’s no small ambition to compile a vast geologic library that could one day drive forward solutions on everything from energy consumption to environmental degradation. But Corey Hoydic, now a doctoral student in the College of...
by Mark Golaszewski | May 17, 2019 | General, Impact Story, We Are
Ahead of the Curve Paul Hoffman’s recent gift to create an Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State Behrend makes him the first student in the college’s history to establish a scholarship. In many ways, Paul Hoffman is a typical Penn State donor. He comes from a family of...
