Feature Archive - Academics

The ShopBot Buddy is a $12,000 piece of equipment capable of taking the flat drawings and computer-aided models students create in their freshman engineering classes and actually producing them, and then exactly reproducing them.

Lomotey applies mobile solutions to real-world problems like health care.

Penn State Beaver AOJ Instructor LaVarr McBride received a Schreyer Institute grant, and he's hoping the resulting program will help crime victims and offenders connect and heal.

Helping students settle on a course for their life and their college career is what drives Gretchen Samchuck.

Physics instructor takes his real-world experience into the classroom to challenge students to ask questions.

After nearly 50 years of teaching physics to Penn State Beaver students, Leo Takahashi is still challenging students to succeed in his classes.

Criminal justice professor loves being at a small campus and working with students who aren't afraid to voice their opinions.

Michelle Kurtyka enjoys teaching fitness and a healthy lifestyle

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, women hold a disproportionately smaller share of of STEM undergraduate degrees. The female STEM professors at Penn State Beaver are helping to change that.

Half of the STEM faculty members at Penn State Beaver are women, and they're pushing hard to help the next generation of female scientists, programmers, engineers and mathematicians succeed.