Austin Barkett, a senior software engineer at Google and recent Penn State Harrisburg graduate, describes how the college prepared him for his role at one of the world's leading tech companies.
Hundreds of students have benefited to date from scholarships created by alumni and friends during the University’s recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Structured around the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution, the campaign’s top priority was opening the doors of higher education to students from every background, and Penn State donors rose to the challenge, creating a total of 2,045 new scholarship endowments — an increase of more than 35% over the course of the six-year effort.
A degree in Biobehavioral Health prepares students to look at health issues in an integrated way, taking into account the biological, behavioral, social, and cultural factors that impact health throughout the life span.
Fariborz Tavangarian, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and Olivia Lowe, mechanical engineering student, perform a dog-bone sample test (a materials science test involving samples shaped like dog bones, not actually made of bone) to use the data for simulation in the Materials Lab Room 119 in North Educational Activities Building at Penn State Harrisburg.
