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SPRING 2018 YOUR CONNECTION TO PENN STATE DUBOIS HIGHLIGHTS PAGE 2 Unprecedented scholarship program PAGE 8 Invent Penn State Initiative brings PAGE 18 Electronic microscope offers new Opens Doors for students innovation to communities opportunities for students, partners TABLE OF CONTENTS Cover Individuals who have donated so far to the Open Doors Scholarship Program have made education possible for many students at Penn State DuBois who may otherwise not be able to cover their expenses. Read more about their generosity in this issue. 1 A Message from the Chancellor CAMPUS 2 Open Doors Scholarship Program Creates Unprecedented Support for Students 8 Invent Penn State Comes to Tri-County Area 9 Spring Commencement Celebrated 11 Honors Convocation Recognizes Students, Faculty, Staff 12 Donor Impact Celebrated at Annual Luncheon Above: During the Alternative Spring Break trip to 13 DuBois Contributes Nearly $25K to Thon’s $10 Million Total Washington D.C., students volunteered in a variety of ways and locations that included public kitchens LEARNING and shelters. Read more on page 19. 14 Electronic Microscope Offers New Opportunities for Students, Industry 15 Wildlife Technology Student Receives Wildlife Society Scholarship 16 Faculty, Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration College Place is Jean Wolf Published in Academic Journal produced by the Public Director of Development Information office at Phone: 814-372-3038 17 New Members Inducted into Honor Society Penn State DuBois E-mail: [email protected] and Penn State OUTREACH Multimedia & Print Julie Frank Center, University Park. Development and 18 Student ‘Sleep Out’ Raises Money for Area Shelter Alumni Specialist For more information 19 Students Serve Others in Nation’s Capital on Spring Break Phone: 814-375-4775 about the newsletter or E-mail: [email protected] to comment on articles ATHLETICS or photos published Steve Harmic herein, please contact: Public Information Officer 20 Women’s Basketball Marks Winning Season Phone: 814-375-4776 20 Men’s Basketball Team Garners Awards Office of Public E-mail: [email protected] Information 21 Penn State DuBois Baseball Claims National Championship Penn State DuBois 1 College Place 21 Baseball Players Named Academic All-Americans DuBois, Pennsylvania 22 Wrestlers Bring Home Honors 15801 22 Many Firsts for This Year’s Softball Team ALUMNI This publication is available in alternative media on request. The University is committed to equal access 23 Alumni Society Update with President Kris Crytser to programs, facilities, admission and employment for all persons. It is the policy of the University to FACULTY / STAFF maintain an environment free of harassment and free of discrimination against any person because of age, race, 24 Reinard Receives Educator of the Year Award color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, service in the uniformed services (as defined in state and federal 24 Loeb Receives Robinson Equal Opportunity Award law), veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, marital or family status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, physical or mental disability, gender, perceived gender, Back Cover It took spring a long time to reach our area this year. But as gender identity, genetic information or political ideas. winter hung on, some students were at least able to take Discriminatory conduct and harassment, as well as sexual advantage of the snow to have a little fun... misconduct and relationship violence, violates the dignity of individuals, impedes the realization of the University’s educational mission, and will not be tolerated. Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to the Affirmative Action Office, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802-5901, Email: [email protected], Tel (814) 863-0471. U.Ed. DSO 18 00-02 MPC148394 dubois.psu.edu A MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR Chancellor M. Scott McBride, at left, visits with campus supporter and Open Doors Scholarship donor Bob Johnson, at Johnson Motors. Johnson has operated his auto dealerships for 45 years. Greetings from Penn State DuBois! It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to catch up on the latest campus news in this edition of College Place. We have much to celebrate, and many members of our extended campus community to be thankful for this year. In the following pages, you’ll see many stories that illustrate the way we at Penn State DuBois strive to service our communities and to contribute to the success of our citizens. I’m certain that you will be impressed by the number of individuals who support our campus initiatives as donors, partners, and friends. For their support we offer our deepest gratitude. One way in which our friends have made an high-technology businesses for the region. An extraordinary contribution to the success of our introduction to this exciting development appears campus community is through the establishment in this edition of College Place. of Open Doors Scholarships. You’ll read in the I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the status of following pages about the donors who have taken our Penn State DuBois campus. Community is advantage of the unprecedented opportunity to everything. We can accomplish so much more capture Penn State’s 2:1 match for their gifts. To be together than we ever could on our own. In this sure, these significant scholarship endowment funds issue, you’ll see how our collaborations can capture will enable more of our citizens to earn their Penn “the ingenious power of partnership.” w State degree. Another way we are working with our partners to better our communities is through the Invent Penn State initiative. With the University awarding our campus a $50,000 seed grant this year to get started, this initiative is a collaborative M. Scott McBride, Ph.D. partnership focused on growing and attracting Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer talented innovators and entrepreneurs, addressing manufacturing competitiveness and workforce needs, and creating new high-knowledge, College Place Penn State DuBois 1 CAMPUS Open Doors Scholarship Program Creates Unprecedented Support for Students The Open Doors Scholarship Program has “An opportunity to make this large of an impact through generated nearly $2 million for student philanthropy has never before been offered at Penn State,” said scholarships at Penn State DuBois, as of Penn State DuBois Director of Development Jean Wolf. “Donors press time. This unprecedented giving can see their gift grow immediately, creating a legacy for themselves opportunity runs in its current form through supporting the education of our students.” through June 30, 2018, offering the 2:1 match to donors who make a minimum Illustrating how vital that impact is are studies that have found $30,000 pledge, payable over five years, only 50 percent of students from low-income households graduate to establish a scholarship. Donors can also choose to donate in six years. Open Doors Scholarships support students who are any amount above $30,000, which the University will also match enrolled in one of five programs the University has created to at 2:1. address the financial, academic and personal challenges that Penn State undergraduates face in earning their degrees. At Penn State “The generous commitment of our donors to scholarship DuBois, 90 percent of campus students have a need for financial endowments and other projects enable our DuBois campus to aid. Though $450,000 in scholarship dollars is currently awarded fulfill its mission of educating the citizens of our region and annually, many students remain in need. The average unmet need sustaining its service to the region,” said Chancellor M. Scott per student is over $7,000 a year. McBride. “Now, through this one-time, two-to-one match, Open Doors Scholarship Program donors can triple the already vital Highlighted here are the generous donors who have already w impact of helping students to pursue and complete a coveted Penn established an Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State DuBois. State degree.” William H. Keown Open Doors Scholarship Nancy L. and William G. Allenbaugh The very first donor to establish an Open Doors Scholarship Open Doors Scholarship at Penn Nancy L. and William G. State DuBois was Ross Kester, with Allenbaugh are among donors a $50,000 gift. He retired from who have taken advantage of the campus after nearly 30 years this opportunity, as well, creating of service as a senior instructor in the Nancy L. and William G. engineering. Before joining the Allenbaugh Scholarship with a campus faculty full-time in 1978, $30,000 pledge. Kester received his bachelors and master’s in Education from “As an alumni and retired adjunct Penn State. He has worked as a faculty at Penn State DuBois, I consulting engineer and designed have observed and experienced pneumatic conveying equipment. the benefit of attending a great Kester has received many awards, university in the middle of including the Penn State DuBois rural PA,” William Allenbaugh Engineering Club Award, Penn said. “Penn State DuBois has Donor Ross Kester was the first many graduates who stay in the to establish an Open Doors State DuBois Professor of the Year Scholarship at Penn State Award, the Department of General William and Nancy Allenbaugh local area and enhance our local DuBois. The retired instructor Engineering Outstanding Faculty community. Unfortunately, there in the campus engineering Award and was named the Penn are numerous talented individuals in the local area who, due to program named his scholarship economic hardship, are unable to obtain a Penn State education in honor of his late colleague State DuBois Postsecondary Tech without borrowing, and long-term debt. Others give up their William H. Keown. Kester is Prep Educator of the Year. pictured with Keown’s daughter dreams, believing that they can’t afford it. We view this scholarship Mary Ruth Wilson. Kester named his scholarship in as an opportunity, to ‘pay it forward’ and provide financial honor of his friend and former assistance to talented local individuals with financial needs.