A unique career-exploration event at Penn State DuBois on Wednesday gave students the opportunity to jump start their career planning. The Networking Luncheon and Professional Job Fair, held in the campus gymnasium, allowed students to meet and mingle with representatives from a nearly 40 local companies, as well as find out what kind of employment opportunities those companies currently offer.
Scholarship recipients had the chance to thank many of the people who help to make their education more accessible and affordable at the annual Penn State DuBois Scholarship Luncheon, held at DuBois Country Club on Friday. Each year, donors and scholars alike are invited to the event to get to know one another over lunch. Donors get to see, first hand, the kind of impact they've had in the lives of students, and the students have the chance to explain how critical the scholarships have been in their educational pursuits.
Chancellor Melanie Hatch thanked donors for their support at the annual Scholarship Lunch. Hatch said their support allows Penn State DuBois to award $350,000 in scholarships each year.
Professionals who are searching for jobs with area companies are invited to attend a career fair at Penn State DuBois in April. This career event will focus on opportunities in industries and career fields that are thriving in Central Pennsylvania, such as human services, business management, engineering, marketing and more. Representatives from Penn State DuBois also will be on hand to speak with individuals about educational and training opportunities that could qualify them to work in these fields.
Joe Palumbo, board member for the A.J. and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust, presents a check to Chancellor Melanie Hatch to support the Palumbo Scholarship at Penn State DuBois.
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 $300,000 to campus scholarship funds.
Gary Alt, former biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, spoke at Penn State DuBois March 31 as the 2016 Umbaugh Lecturer. Made possible by the generosity of Robert and Joyce Umbaugh, the Umbaugh Lecture brings highly qualified speakers in the fields of science and technology to the campus each year. It is free and open to the public. Alt spoke about his experiences working in wildlife management and his career highlights since graduating from the first wildlife technology class at Penn State DuBois in 1972.
Alt is pictured with past and present faculty members from the campus Wildlife Technology Program as well as Umbaugh Lecture Organizers. Left to right are, Carrie O'Brien, Hoagy Schaadt, Umbaugh Lecture Chair Daudi Waryoba, Keely Roen, Alt, Sara Mueller, Emily Thomas, Joe Hummer, and Aaron Stottlemyer.
