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Education

Montoursville High School to celebrate homecoming

The Montoursville Homecoming Festivities will be held on Friday. A parade of convertibles will begin at 5:50 p.m. from the corner of Arch and Weaver streets and proceed down Arch Street to Memorial Stadium. The parade will include the homecoming court, the High School band, cheerleaders and ...

Lock Haven plants orchard to combat food insecurity

LOCK HAVEN — In a hidden patch of space outside the Fairview Suites on Commonwealth University’s Lock Haven campus, grows a solution to help combat food insecurity. In September, Lock Haven biology faculty member Dr. Heather Bechtold, along with biology faculty from two other PASSHE ...

Professor joins task forces focused on science of brewing

Justin M. Ingram, associate professor of biology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has joined two task forces launched by the American Society of Brewing Chemists. Ingram was invited to serve on ASBC’s Education Task Force and its Small Brewery Membership Campaign Task Force. The goals ...

New vice president, provost finds a home at Penn College

Neslihan “Nesli” Alp’s education and decorated career in academia have prompted several moves over the years, from her native Turkey to various regions in the United States. But her latest stop feels like home. Alp is the new vice president for academic affairs and provost at ...

LHU alumna, staff member inspires student success

LOCK HAVEN — As Lock Haven’s featured student speaker in December 2019, Mia Swales offered a message of optimism with a vision to become an inspirational leader for others. “Be fruitful and multiply, lead with love, embrace grace, and spread it,” Swales said in her speech. “Continue ...

Penn States board of trustees approves $8.6B budget

Penn State’s full board of trustees formally approved the 2022-2023 operating budget Friday, setting it at $8.6 billion after delaying the vote about two months to give university leadership more time to revise it. The $8.6 billion operating expense budget is an increase of about $900 ...