The Penn State DuBois Alumni Society will host "A Night in the Wilds" from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette, Pennsylvania. All members of the public are invited to attend and take the opportunity to become familiar with what the center has to offer.
For Penn State DuBois alumna and small business owner Kristy Hanes, a rewarding career is all about the details. That is, the number of cars she details at her business, Kristy's Krystal Klean Kars, in the community of Kersey, in Elk County. An Elk County native, she launched the business while still a student, and after graduating with her bachelor's degree in business management and marketing from Penn State DuBois this spring, dove into her work full-time.
Penn State DuBois invites anyone who loves to draw or those who would like to learn how to draw to take part in its Aspiring Artist Series of classes. Professional artist Christion Iraca will provide individualized instruction and guidance to students who want to learn more about the techniques that help create realistic portraits.
A lasting legacy at Penn State DuBois of serving others in need was apparent this summer. A group of alumni who participated in past Alternative Spring Break (ASB) service trips reunited and carried out their own, independent service trip to the Lakota community in South Dakota.
Area golfers are invited to sign up a team for the Eighth Annual Penn State DuBois Golf Benefit, hosted by the DuBois Educational Foundation. This four-person scramble is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 22, at the Treasure Lake Silver Course. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided prior to a shotgun start at noon.
For the Penn State DuBois General Engineering Program, what happens in Vegas doesn't just stay there; it's heard around the world. Six students from the program attended the international conference on powder metallurgy, POWDERMET 2017, this summer in Las Vegas, Nevada, and presented research. Their participation in the conference was made possible by a student grant from the National Science Foundation, a grant the students qualified for due to the merit of the research they're conducting within their degree program.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recognized the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award, as well as Outstanding Students in golf course turfgrass management, forest technology and wildlife technology for the 2016-17 academic year.
Alec Baker has had a lifelong interest and passion for the outdoors and its inhabitants, especially black bears. This passion set the Clarion native on a path to enroll in the Wildlife Technology degree program at Penn State DuBois, and eventually led him to earn the Erikson Discovery Grant from Penn State's Office of Undergraduate Education.
Penn State DuBois Associate Professor of Mathematics and Geosciences Byron Parizek has been honored with the University College Faculty Scholar Award. In its inaugural year, the award will be given annually to a full-time or part-time faculty member in Penn State's 14-campus University College system who has demonstrated excellence in research, scholarship and/or creative accomplishments. It is also in recognition of significant and sustained contribution of research, scholarship and creative accomplishments accumulated during their employment at Penn State, as well as with undergraduate students, and to those who have had a significant impact on their academic field of study.
All members of the community are welcome to attend a program explaining the ideals of leadership and organizational success in Seneca culture. Flip White, former director of career development with the Seneca Gaming Corporation of Salamanca, New York, is slated to speak at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, in Room 228 Swift at Penn State DuBois.
