The University Staff Advisory Council, which serves the president and administration in an advisory capacity about issues that have an impact on staff across the University, has elected new leaders for 2018-19.
Advisory Board member and former part-time faculty member Chuck Thomas and his wife, Karen, have made a commitment to name the Electronics Lab at Penn State Great Valley. The lab provides classroom and working space for students in the regional engineering – multidisciplinary engineering design option and serves as a resource for the REV-UP Center for Entrepreneurship.
Conference planners, corporate organizations, and nonprofit groups now have access to premier meeting space in Philadelphia’s dynamic Navy Yard business campus. Penn State will provide space for academic and business meetings and special functions, with Kristen Footo managing the conference services.
Employees at the Navy Yard are sharpening their technical and interpersonal skills to become more influential leaders, communicators, and workers — right in their own backyard.
Milad Toliyati, a former international student at Penn State Great Valley, reflects on what helped him launch a successful career in the United States after receiving his graduate degree in engineering management.
Five Penn State Great Valley graduate students recently worked nonstop to analyze a complex, 14 million row dataset from Indeed.com. Little did they know that just 48 hours later they would be recognized for their findings and creativity after two rounds of presentations.
Dipak Patel, a senior application development architect, recently earned the highly sought-after CISSP credential. A year ago, he wasn't sure how to start preparing for the grueling exam. But he discovered Penn State Great Valley's preparation course, which helped him delve into the various cybersecurity domains and create a study plan.
Events coalesced early in Dallas Krapf’s life to eventually convert him into an indefatigable Penn State and military supporter: the Vietnam War, his attendance at Lycoming College, living near the Great Valley campus and having two sisters attend Penn State.
