The Penn State DuBois Benefiting THON committee has organized “Concert for a Cure” in order to raise funds for the Penn State Dance Marathon dedicated to battling childhood cancer. The event will include dinner and the show, and is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in the Hiller Auditorium at Penn State DuBois.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Wildlife Technology Keely Roen with student Eli DePaulis at the awards ceremony where DePaulis received the John Roe Student Sustainability Award.
Noah Rankin, at the podium, was among the business students who presented potential ways to spur economic growth to representatives from Clearly Ahead Development.
Penn State DuBois business majors had the opportunity to significantly impact the region’s economy this semester. Juniors in Business Administration 321 were assigned a project in which they broke up into teams to research ideas that could stimulate the growth of the local economy. They then pitched these ideas to representatives from Clearly Ahead Development, an economic development corporation serving Clearfield County.
LuAnn Demi, program director of the Penn State DuBois Occupational Therapy Assistant Program and 2019 DEF Educator of the Year, advised students to find balance in their lives during her commencement address.
Penn State DuBois celebrated fall commencement on Thursday, Dec. 19, in the campus gymnasium. Chancellor M. Scott McBride presided over the ceremony, with Professor of Chemistry Arshad Khan serving as faculty marshal. LuAnn Demi, the 2018-19 DuBois Educational Foundation Educator of the Year, offered the commencement address.
The need for metal machining workers in our region continues to grow. Penn State DuBois and Workforce Solutions, in partnership with several of the region’s leading metal manufacturing companies, developed an entry-level training to help get more operators into the local industry.
Partnering with the North Central PA LaunchBox, Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator @DuBois, is inviting emerging entrepreneurs, students, professors, small businesses and the general public from across the region to apply to the next 10-week Business Startup Boot Camp.
