Since 2017, the Jay and Betty Pifer Scholarship has supported students at Penn State DuBois and in the College of Engineering who are striving toward their goal of earning a degree. First endowed with a $25,000 gift from the Pifers, the scholarship has now grown to have a profound impact that honors the great legacy of the Pifers.
With a pledge of $50,000, the Symmco Foundation has created the Symmco Foundation LaunchBox Endowment at Penn State DuBois. The purpose of this endowment is to provide unrestricted support for the operational and programing needs of the North Central Pennsylvania LaunchBox powered by Penn State DuBois.
A planned gift will be used to establish an endowed undergraduate scholarship to benefit students in need at Penn State DuBois. Ted M. McKinney has committed $500,000 to create the Frank A. Palmerino Memorial Scholarship at Penn State DuBois in honor of his late companion.
Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named seven distinguished professors for 2023. The title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University
A series of seed grants from the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses has provided Penn State campus leaders with the support to implement transformative initiatives and best practices that have been successful at other University campuses.
Roger Brindley, vice provost for Penn State Global; Andrea Dowhower interim vice president for Student Affairs; and Renata Engel, vice provost for online education, share resources available for individuals who have been impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, as well as ways to help with the rescue and recovery.
Penn State DuBois celebrated the opening of the Physical fitness, Athletics, and Wellness Center on Nov. 1 with campus and University leaders in attendance
Charles E. Hunnell, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, has pledged $200,000 to establish the Florence Vernon Hunnell Scholarship at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The scholarship, named for Hunnell’s late mother, will benefit full-time students at the campus, with preference given to Greene County residents.
Gasbarre Products, a longtime partner and friend of Penn State DuBois, continues to invest in regional innovation with the establishment of the Gasbarre Products LaunchBox Endowment in support of the North Central PA LaunchBox powered by Penn State DuBois.
After touring the North Central PA LaunchBox powered by Penn State DuBois and visiting the Idea Lab on the Penn State DuBois campus, Dave Miller, Miller Fabrication Solutions’ chairman of the board, established the Miller Fabrication Solutions Endowment.
