"The work we do is essential, and the equipment in my wheelhouse is critical in a time like this [COVID-19 pandemic],Mike Shtur说, field service engineer with GE Healthcare. 在这张照片中, Shtur tends to medical equipment at 所有egheny Health Network's Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, Pa. Shtur赢得了一个 biomedical engineering technology and electrical engineering technology associate degrees from Penn State 新肯辛顿.
科里诺顿, 2017 Penn State alumnus from the 新肯辛顿 campus, sits near hospital equipment at Indiana Regional Medical Center in Indiana, PA. Norton is one of three biomedical engineering technologists working through the COVID-19 pandemic at the hospital.
校友 of Penn State Kew Kensington’s biomedical engineering technology program are helping keep vital healthcare equipment working and hospitals running across 宾西法尼亚 and the nation during a critical time. "“Hospitals would not be able to function without us, and it is rewarding work,” said one program alum.
University and public communities are invited to register for one-hour workshops to learn more about how hiring and job searching has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to find out how businesses can start planning for reopening safely.
仅2019年一年, Corner LaunchBox had 10 accelerator program graduates, supported five new startups anchored in 宾西法尼亚, and helped create 20 new jobs. More than 900 individuals utilized the facility for a variety of free and low-cost activities, including the 10-week Corner Opportunity accelerator program, 创意测试实验室, small business and entrepreneurship workshops, free legal clinics, weekly information sessions, and networking events.
在这张照片中 taken in early March, Nittany Highlands Apartment residents Tavaski Wardlow, 正确的, and Vedanthi Santrupth Gowdgere Ramakrishna stand next to an outpouring of donations from Penn State 新肯辛顿 staff and faculty. The donations were part of the campus' "Nittany Neighbors" initiative to aid and check on students still residing in the nearby housing complex during the current pandemic. This photo was taken before updated guidance regarding distance, masks and gloves was implemented.
The Nittany Neighbors program created at Penn State 新肯辛顿 in response to the coronavirus pandemic is testament to the fact that, as campus director of student affairs Theresa Bonk said, “我们是一家人, and like any family, we take care of our own."
