In 2007, Penn State Beaver’s student affairs staff invited students from six regional Penn State campuses to Beaver County on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The idea was to harness the power of Penn State, volunteering at numerous sites in the area and making a big impact on a small community. The Penn State Regional MLK Day of Service event is now in its eighth year and rotates between seven campuses — Beaver, Altoona, Behrend, DuBois, Fayette, Greater Allegheny and New Kensington.
An Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering Program Enhancement Grant will allow the Beaver campus to purchase a CNC router for engineering students to prototype their designs.
Penn State Beaver biology professor Cassandra Miller-Butterworth has long been concerned with the plight of the little brown bat. Now, through her work with fellow professors and students, she's bringing the fight to the community.
Penn State Beaver student Josh Nussbaum turned his childhood infatuation with data into a job with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.
Professors on the Beaver campus make a habit of bringing the community into the classroom to give students a chance to see lectures and lessons come to life.