Penn State York Walk A Mile in Her Shoes team surpassed its $2,000 goal. Proceeds from the walk go to the YWCA of York and its programs to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and human trafficking.
Loren Brewster, director of information technology at Penn State York, left, was honored with the Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Award. Brewster, along with the campus, was recognized for more than a decade of providing space and support to the York County Bar Association's program of free legal services for veterans and emergency responders. Pennsylvania Bar Association President David E. Schwager, right, recognized the winners during their Annual Recognition Dinner held via Zoom.
Penn State York proudly displays the American flag and the flags of each branch of the military in the upper atrium area of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) on campus. Cameron Flemmens, a student-veteran at Penn State York, served in the U.S. Marine Corp, and the red flag directly behind him represents the Marines Corps.
Mindy Gruzin is headed to medical school and she credits the opportunities and experiences she had at Penn State York for making it possible. She said there was plenty of hard work, but the environment at York campus inspired her to do more.
Cheering on the dancers, Penn State York's small but mighty group encouraged dancers throughout the 46-hour Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, affectionatly know as THON.
Penn State York students, Adam Prusakowski, left, and Noah Pak, measured drywall for a hurricane damaged house in Wilmington, North Carolina, during the 2019 Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip.
Penn State York's 2019 ASB trip was to Wilmington, North Carolina, where students and chaperones worked om projects following the devastation of Hurricane Florence. Sheri Yoder, global education coordinator at Penn State York and a trip chaperone, worked with students Lauren Thornton and Yaxin Zhang to hang drywall in a house damaged by the hurricane.
Dancing for those they lost to cancer, and in hope of finding a cure, Paige Barlow, Alvin Chen and Jen Taylor, will represent Penn State York Benefiting THON at the big dance, THON, on Feb. 21-23 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Making the holidays brighter for children and their families is the goal for Penn State York's Student Veterans of America group as they join with the Marine Corps Reserve for a toy drive on campus.
