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Corporate Communication grad Emily Rodriguez honed her skills, enrolled in classes focused on her passion for music, and the required internship led her to Live Nation, where she works today. https://ow.ly/SLnn50T8uui

Classes are back in session ✏️📓 and we're so excited to see students back on campus. Let's make this fall semester the best one yet!

Abington professor Carla Chamberlin-Quinlisk says nonverbal behavior accounts for 70% of meaning in adult communication in this story. Learn more:

Prayer hands, fists raised, laughter: How candidates campaign without words In this election cycle, how the candidates move, sit, grimace and laugh have become as important as what they say.

Our student leaders attended the Summer Leadership Conference at University Park, participating in workshops and networking with peers from across the Commonwealth.

It's Welcome Week at Penn State Abington! 🎉 Today students got the chance to explore every corner of our beautiful campus during a fun scavenger hunt. 🔍

Oscar Almonte-Espinal's passion for literature led him to an English degree, and now the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association honored him for connecting readers with appropriate and challenging literature at Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books in Philadelphia.
https://www.abington.psu.edu/story/54281/2024/08/11/abington-grad-wins-award-work-prominent-philadelphia-independent-bookstore

Stretch Your Limits, Not Your Muscles: Penn State Abington’s Chancellor Gary Liguori weighs in on the stretching debate. Find out why there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to staying limber. 🤸‍♀️🌟

How much and how often should people stretch? Experts say there's no one answer. - WVUA 23 Photo courtesy of MGN / Pexels.Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News The evidence surrounding physical activity is clear: It’s critical to good health, helping to ward off obesity, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and even dementia. Federal guidelines recommend at least 150 minutes of m...

From Assistant to Head Coach: Congratulations to Tiara White on being named the head coach of Penn State Abington’s women’s basketball team! Here’s to a new chapter of leadership and success. � https://ow.ly/ZPEo50SVSNP

Earn credits toward a master's degree in healthcare administration from Delaware Valley University while completing a bachelor's degree business or a health-related majors at Penn State Abington. Save time and money with this pathway to a master's degree in an in-demand field. https://www.abington.psu.edu/story/54241/2024/08/11/abington-announces-41-pathway-masters-health-care-administration

Gina Montgomery, our esteemed transportation manager, was honored at Abington Township's Pre-National Night Out for her lifelong community service, outstanding volunteerism, and dedication to her community. https://ow.ly/ESll50STi3B

EDGE allows students to collaborate with international peers in Penn State courses and contribute to impactful projects that transcend boundaries. 🌍 https://global.psu.edu/EDGE

Penn State Global EDGE Experiential Digital Global Engagement

The University awarded Theresa Giardino and four faculty including Roxanna Senyshyn and Chris Bonner inaugural Commonwealth Campus Undergraduate Community-Engaged Research Awards, which support experiential research projects for students that can improve community well-being. https://ow.ly/eUlJ50SR6GS

Americans might be opting for higher-end takeout with higher wages. Abington professor Lonnie Golden offered Marketplace Business News a silver lining to McDonald's recent sales dip as wages grew faster than prices. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/07/29/mcdonalds-sales-slipped-that-may-mean-lower-income-consumers-feel-pinched/

Celebrating Progress! 🎉 We are exactly 1 week away from the groundbreaking ceremony for the new academic building on campus.

Here is a throwback photo from the 1969 groundbreaking for the Woodland building. Learn more about the new building: https://ow.ly/6JrA50SOL4M

We Are welcoming future Penn Staters to campus! 💙🤍

Faculty and staff returned with new perspectives and fresh ideas around opportunities for student success.
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Penn State's Board of Trustees approved plans today to construct the first new academic building at Penn State Abington in more than 50 years.

Plan for new academic building at Penn State Abington advances The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning advanced a proposal today (July 18) to construct a new academic building at Penn State Abington. The proposal will be considered by the full board at its meeting on July 19.

Dr. Schuster taught undergraduates and collaborated with pioneering chemists at major universities while maintaining a 60-year membership in the American Chemical Society. https://ow.ly/6KRj50SFqRX

'Down and Dirty' Collaboration Enhances Penn State Abington Students' Art Practice

Edmund Wekunga reflects on his journey from Uganda to medical school. https://ow.ly/PeO250SBJgG

Learn what motivates new Chancellor Gary Liguori and how the campus community inspired him to join the team. https://ow.ly/aVm250SzYG9

Our community welcomed the Mitra family today to honor the life and legacy of Srijoni "Chini" Mitra with a dedication ceremony by the duck pond - a favorite place of Chini's on campus. "Today we remember what we can be and what we can build when we support each other, love each other, and treat each other with respect and care," said Chancellor Gary Liguori.

While exploring Scotland as part of a course, rising junior Natalie Sylvester discovered the career option she wants to pursue. https://ow.ly/tp6G50SxbZb