Bradyn Claycomb, a senior electro-mechanical engineering technology student, was named the 2021 Eric A. and Josephine S. Walker Award winner at Penn State New Kensington.
Students and faculty members at Penn State New Kensington were recognized for their academic, teaching and engagement endeavors for the 2020-2021 school year. The full listing of award winners, along with photos and video messages from campus leadership, can be found at newkensington.391774.com/2021-Awards.
Four Penn State New Kensington students were inducted to Tau Alpha Pi, the national honor society for engineering technology students for the 2020-2021 academic year. The society is recognized on the campus with a statue, which is where the inductees met for a distanced photo. The student inductees, from left to right, included: Steven Albright, Samuel Ramsey, Alex Polka and Nicholas Hwostow.
The 2021 Penn State Hendrick Best Practices for Adult Learners Conference will be streamed online May 10 and 11, through the platform Whova. Faculty, staff and administrators from any university in the country are invited to attend.
Penn State is planning a phased return over the summer semester to a full on-campus learning environment for fall 2021. The University’s priorities continue to be the health and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and local communities, and the plans for expanded in-person classes have the flexibility built in to quickly respond to changing pandemic conditions, if necessary.
One of the highest honors bestowed by the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), was awarded to Barbara Arnold, 1982, 1985, 1989.