This week, we recognize six people and members of staff who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State DuBois and Penn State Hazleton.
Left to right, Penn State DuBois Director of Development Jean Wolf and Chancellor M. Scott McBride accept a $30,000 check in support of the Palumbo Scholarship at Penn State DuBois from Trustees for the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, Joe Palumbo, Karin Pfingstler, and Bob Ordiway.
The A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust has donated an additional $30,000 to a scholarship fund that will help students attain an education at Penn State DuBois. The fund, 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 $300,000 to campus scholarship funds. In 2016-17 alone the fund provided scholarships for 22 individual students.
All members of the community are welcome to celebrate Earth Day at Penn State DuBois while learning more about ways they can help sustain their environment. The Fourth Annual Penn State DuBois Earth Day Celebration is planned for 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, in the campus gymnasium. All activities are free and open to everyone.
With a $100,000 gift, the Fairman Family Foundation of DuBois has established a new scholarship at Penn State DuBois. The Fairman Family Trustee Scholarship will help to make higher education accessible and more affordable to individuals in the region looking to prepare for a rewarding career.
Members of the Fairman Family, in front, left to right: Lindsay Fairman, Joyce Fairman, and Lisa Fairman-Pfingstler. In back, left to right: and Derek Fairman, and Jude Pfingstler.
