Rukayya Ibrahim, assistant professor of mathematical sciences, served as a faculty mentor for high school student Sarah Gebrezgi in the EnvironMentors program. Ibrahim said exposing the students to an institution of higher learning is great experience for them, especially if they’re going to college to possibly specialize in STEM.
The Sustainable Labs Program provides educational support and networking opportunities to labs across Penn State, helping them implement changes to become more energy and resource efficient. Actions taken by participating labs are estimated to result in over $155,000 in savings for the University and reduce about 490 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Penn State Harrisburg began participating in the Penn State chapter of EnvironMentors in 2019. The program links a high school student with an undergraduate student mentor and a faculty mentor for an environmentally themed research project that takes place over the course of the academic year. The work culminates in a research symposium at University Park.
From left are Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi with 2024 University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) award winners Nichole Ginnan, Erik Cagle and Dawn Hamaty. Pictured at right is USAC Chair Rachel Galloway.
Several students in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology took the two top spots in the Brown Bag Competition at the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Region 1 and 2's Student Activities Conference and Competition held in April at Villanova University.
Nichole Ginnan, research project manager at the One Health Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, received the 2024 USAC Staff Excellence Award.
