Students can start preparing to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test by enrolling in Penn State York’s SAT prep course beginning March 31. The four-week course meets from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Saturday, in Room 112 of the Edward M. Elias Science Building.
Emily Colon, a women’s basketball player, and Richard Grant, a men’s basketball player, both at Penn State York, have added honors from the United States Collegiate Athletic Association to the accolades they received earlier from the Penn State University Athletic Association.
“When I Opened My Eyes – The Dwovian Encounter” is a new science fiction book by Karl "Kip" P. Trout, a faculty member at Penn State York. Trout’s book, released in late 2017, is a story about scientists on Earth struggling to save life on two planets from extinction.
Penn State York students in the human development and family studies program will be conducting self-report survey research during the Diabetes Expo that will be held on campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 24. The free event, open to the public, is sponsored by the Diabetes Coalition of York, and will be held in the conference center of the Main Classroom Building.
Marcia Boyesen and Roger Latzgo will bring their musical tribute to Hans Christian Anderson to the stage at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York on April 5. The free performance, at 7 p.m., closes out the cultural series, which is open to the public.
Penn State York students in the Council on Family Relations (PSY-CFR) Club, and members of other human development and family studies (HD FS) classes are preparing for the seventh annual candlelight vigil for child abuse awareness set for Thursday, April 5 at the campus. The vigil takes place at 5:30 p.m., but other programming and information will be available beginning at 4 p.m. as part of the weekly Coffee Hour on campus.
Penn State Laureate Andrew Belser will present his innovative and award-winning multimedia exhibition, “FaceAge,” at Penn State York from April 9-13 in the conference center of the Main Classroom Building. The program is open to the campus community and the general public.
It is Penn State York’s inaugural women’s softball season but Mother Nature hasn’t been kind, with snowstorms and weather that has cancelled season openers and forced most practice indoors. Despite the weather, Sue Ilyes, head women’s softball coach, has had her team practicing and preparing for their first game. If the weather holds, the team heads to Penn State Schuylkill on March 29 for an away game.
Don’t miss “The Poetry of York, Laureates Past and Present” set for Thursday, April 5, at Penn State York. The noon-hour program features Vito Grippi, York’s current poet laureate, and three of the city’s previous laureates, Christine Lincoln, Carla Christopher and Carol William. The program, in the Lee R. Glatfelter Library on campus, is free and open to the public.
Mary “Shelly” Drabik, administrative support assistant in the Department of Enrollment Services at Penn State York, has been honored with the 2018 Support Staff Award.
