From game-based e-learning courses to handcrafted outdoor tools to portable devices protecting ATM PIN numbers, Penn State Great Valley's first-ever Student Pitch Day drew a wide variety of student entrepreneurs. Each shared their ideas with faculty and area professionals and competed for cash prizes.
Reed, Wertz and Roadman, Inc., an independent insurance company based in Pennsylvania, recently sponsored Penn State Great Valley’s sixth annual golf outing. Held on Tuesday, May 16 at the Applecross Country Club in Downingtown, the event raised money for student scholarships.
Penn State Great Valley celebrated its REV-UP Center for Entrepreneurship on Monday, May 22, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The center aims to engage and encourage Penn State students, faculty and community members to generate innovative, commercially-viable solutions to address existing and emerging business and social needs.
As a business insight and analytics manager at a pharmaceutical company, Jackie Markle examines what products drive sales. A recent data mining course changed her sales strategy at work to help her company increase distribution and profit in a cost-effective manner.
Penn State is moving toward a University-wide health insurance requirement for the 2018-19 academic school year. In preparation for the new requirement, University Health Services (UHS) will begin collecting student health insurance information in May 2017.
Kathryn Jablokow, associate professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering at Penn State Great Valley, has had a passion for design engineering her whole life. Now she is shifting her research focus to the corporate world, thanks to a recent grant from the National Science Foundation.
In a celebration of Penn State Great Valley’s diverse community, three graduate students with international backgrounds recently shared their experiences with faculty and staff at a luncheon sponsored by the campus’ Diversity Action Council.