According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, women hold a disproportionately smaller share of of STEM undergraduate degrees, particularly in engineering. And while half of the country’s workforce is women, only a quarter of the jobs in STEM belong to women. Female STEM professors at Penn State Beaver are trying to change that.
As part of New Student Orientation, Beaver’s Class of 2020 will join community members and artists in Aliquippa to paint wooden pallets, which will then be affixed to broken windows and doors, turning a few blighted city blocks along Franklin Avenue into a sea of form and color.
Matt Morgan is a survivor of sexual abuse and the founder of Building Hope Today. Beaver Administration of Justice Instructor LaVarr McBride has partnered with Morgan to create new programs for victims of abuse.
