The Penn State DuBois Student Government Association (SGA) has announced award winners for the 2019-20 academic year. The SGA Awards Banquet originally scheduled for May 1 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but student leaders still wish to recognize award winners for their success in serving the campus and their community.
The A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust has supported students at Penn State DuBois for many years. Current social distancing did not allow for a check presentation this year, but in this photo from 2017 is pictured, left to right, Penn State DuBois Director of Development Jean Wolf and Chancellor M. Scott McBride accepting a gift from Trustees for the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Karin Pfingstler, Joe Palumbo, and Bob Ordiway.
The A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust has committed an additional $50,000 to a scholarship fund that will help students earn an education at Penn State DuBois. The Palumbo Scholarship at Penn State DuBois was established in 2008 with a $25,000 gift from the Palumbo Charitable Trust. To date, the trust has gifted more than $525,000 to campus scholarship funds.
The A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust has supported students at Penn State DuBois for many years. Current social distancing did not allow for a check presentation this year, but in this photo from 2017 is pictured, left to right, Penn State DuBois Director of Development Jean Wolf and Chancellor M. Scott McBride accepting a gift from Trustees for the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Joe Palumbo, Karin Pfingstler, and Bob Ordiway.
Penn State DuBois Lecturer of Human Development and Family Studies Marly Doty was added to the University-wide Student Engagement Network’s Faculty Academy as a fellow this spring. She will create a model to help freshmen students be informed in their journey as they participate in a first-year seminar or first-year experience course.
Across Pennsylvania, the Invent Penn State innovation hub network has pivoted to deliver needed programming and services online, by providing online mentoring, webinars, virtual speaker series, and a Virtual Idea TestLab.
