Giving back to the community was part of New Student Orientation (NSO) at Penn State York on Saturday, Aug. 20. At DreamWrights, a center for community arts for people of all ages in York, students worked on props, moved materials, and learned more about the organization. The campus plans to continue to include community service as part of NSO in the future.
The Serenity Garden of Hope in York received some TLC from Penn State York students as part of the community service component of New Student Orientation. In addition to scrubbing the bricks surrounding the garden, students also weeded and cleaned up the area.
Helping to get things organized, Ashley Powell, a new student at Penn State York from Baltimore, Maryland, took part in community service efforts as part of New Student Orientation. Powell, along with other volunteers, worked at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in York.
Showing off their painting skills, Penn State York students painted the walls, doors and other areas at the York Rescue Mission. This group, in a narrow hallway, took a break to stretch their legs and smile for the camera. Some students also worked outside picking up trash and other debris on the city streets surrounding the mission.
Maura Beaver, LeRoy Watkins, and Bethany Lilley, left to right, are May 2016 Penn State York graduates who participated in The Graham Center. The medallions worn around their necks signify their successful completion of the program. #psugrad
Michael DelGrosso, vice president for global sales and marketing at DelGrosso Foods, left, speaks with Penn State York students Samantha Glancey, Aqsa Siddiqui and Terry Knarr, left to right, during the Graham Speakers Series on campus. Thanks to a seed grant through the Invent Penn State initiative, students in The Graham Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies will have the opportunity to engage in the various business, planning and municipal aspects of the design of Working Class, a centrally located makerspace in downtown York.
Penn State York students, faculty member Jon Price, and Pennsylvania State Auditor General Eugene A. Pasquale smile for the camera following a political science class at the campus.
Pennsylvania State Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale talked with Penn State York students about the duties and responsibilities of his office and how their work impacts the Commonwealth.
Penn State York political science students took a sneak peek at Pennsylvania State Auditor General Eugerne A. DePasquale's television commercials when he visited their class on Sept. 14. Jon Price, instructor in history and political science and Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) adviser, invites elected officials from both partiies to visit his classes and share their experiences.
Pencils, pens, paper, calculators, erasers, glue, notebooks and other items can be dropped off in collection boxes located throughout the campus through Sept. 30. School supplies are being collected by the Penn State York Council on Family Relations (CFR), and the Human Development and Family Studies Affiliate Program Group (APG) of the Penn State York Alumni Society, and will be given to homeless children through Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness.
