Phong T. Tran, a Penn State York student-veteran, grabs a quick selfie with the Nittany Lion prior to the start of the 49th annual spring commencement at Penn State York on May 3. Tran earned a bachelor of science in information sciences and technology (IST), and wears a red, white, and blue cord to designate his service in the United States Armed Forces.
Beaver Instructor Ashu Kumar tells his students they need to display clarity, confidence and commitment if they want to succeed. Those qualities have resulted in full-time jobs for three IST graduates.
IST student Evan McStay is adapting a phone app he and his classmates developed for Ghanaian cocoa farmers into one aimed at corn and bean farmers in western Pennsylvania.
Beaver IST student Evan McStay, seated, received a Penn State Student Engagement Network Grant to work with Assistant Professor Richard Lomotey on a mobile app for farmers.
Ashu Kumar, the former director of data analytics for one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the world, will join Penn State Beaver as an IST instructor in the fall.
