Bill Allenbaugh, an alumnus and retired faculty member of Penn State DuBois, has received the 2017 Penn State DuBois Alumni Society Outstanding Alumni Award.
A total of 200 students from 11 high schools visited Penn State DuBois on Oct. 6, for Manufacturing Day. Those attending learned about a significant need within areas of the manufacturing industry for skilled and well educated workers. Professionals representing local companies at the event said they are actively seeking skilled workers to fill their workforce demands, and hope that initiatives like Manufacturing Day can raise awareness that there is opportunity in the region for successful careers.
Assistant coach of the Penn State DuBois baseball team, Mike Nesbit, has found an all new way to support his team, as well as all campus athletes. Nesbit has just finished bottling his own wine at Starr Hill Winery, in Curwensville. He and his wife, Becky, with a winning bid of around $500, won the opportunity to do so in the Lion Wine and Cheese Fundraising Auction for campus athletics in April.
Nearly 40 men from Penn State DuBois stepped into high heels Sept. 27 for the "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event. The men's march is meant to raise awareness of the battle against rape, sexual assault and gender violence, and to get more men involved in the fight.
Students in the Penn State DuBois Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) program have helped to restore confidence and freedom to some local senior citizens through a fall prevention program. The students held a workshop at the DuBois Senior Center on the first day of fall, a day that the National Fall Prevention Awareness Initiative is held each year.
It was a scorching afternoon for cross country in what could have been easily mistaken for a midsummer afternoon, but that did not deter the Penn State DuBois runners from bringing their own heat to the Penn State Mont Alto Invitational. Among the teams competing were Penn State teams from DuBois, Worthington-Scranton, Brandywine, Greater Allegheny, Fayette, Schuylkill and Mont Alto, as well as, Kent State. Representing the DuBois Nittany Lions were Rebecca Maine and Jeremy Fischer.
Faculty and staff at Penn State DuBois welcomed members of the Wildlife Leadership Academy on Sept. 18, providing a look at educational options available to those looking to start careers in wildlife conservation and research. In all, 15 students between the ages of 14 and 17 visited the campus to learn more about the Wildlife Technology Degree program at Penn State DuBois.
The Penn State DuBois baseball team kicks off a short, three-date fall ball season this Saturday, Sept. 16, at Slippery Rock. They'll also take on Pitt Bradford on Sept. 23, and Westmoreland County Community College on Sept. 30, both also on the road. The fall season will help to prepare players for what Head Coach Tom Calliari says looks to be a promising spring, which will end with hosting the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) Small College World Series at Showers Field in DuBois.
The Penn State DuBois cross country program continues a tradition of excellence with new runners and a new season. This past weekend, two of the runners, Rebecca Maine and Nolan Fairman, participated in the 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Aruna Run. Aruna races are sponsored by The Aruna Project, which is a non-profit organization that brings and sustains freedom through employment marked by holistic care to sexually exploited women in India.
