Because of his involvement with the Marines, MBA student Tahseen Firoz has attended many community events including an appearance at the Philadelphia Eagles game.
After noticing a disconnect between the large local living economy of Philadelphia and its poverty rate, Penn State Great Valley faculty member Barrie Litzky decided to examine the idea of entrepreneurship as a vehicle for reducing hardship. She will present her research to the public at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 9, on the Penn State Great Valley campus.
For more than a decade, Jay Kovacs, an alumnus of the Graduate School at Penn State, has managed and collaborated with engineers and scientists on the development of Earth-observing spacecraft, deep space missions to investigate scientific theories about the universe, and scientific missions to study the moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Pluto, and the sun.
This year's recipient of the Warren V. Musser Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Studies is Francine Way, a student in the Master of Finance program. Growing up in Indonesia, she was immersed in an entrepreneurial culture at a young age, and founded her own social impact business in 2015. As a Musser Fellow, she’s helping Penn State Great Valley’s REV-UP Center for Entrepreneurship launch and grow.
