THON raises millions to fight pediatric cancer, but it also provides invaluable professional and personal development for students, including Abington THON Chair Melissa Aguilar.
Even before Penn State Abington sophomore Diana Nolte discovered her passion for THON, she seemed perfectly suited for the cause. She loves to dance, works out daily, and she is dead serious about dancing for a cure and For the Kids.
Tucked into an alcove on the first floor, Harry Felton manned the Penn State Abington post office for 23 years with his mellow personality and a genuine interest in people.
When Kemelbek Urmat Uulu arrived at Penn State Abington, he was nothing short of awed by the opportunities available to students. So he jumped into everything he could handle and graduated last month with three degrees as he heads to medical school.
The Penn State Abington community donated almost four tons of food to the hungry, and a video of the event spread the word throughout the Penn State extended family.
Abington THONers staged its annual Stand Up FTK (For the Kids), a spirit-raising and donation-boosting event to keep the momentum strong in between canning weekends.
The Abington women's basketball players are a team in every sense of the word: They won their first two games and then turned out to cheer one of their captains as she was inducted into an international honor society.
The Abington basketball team turned out in force to support senior Jessica Schmidt during her induction into Kappa Delta Phi, an honor society for education majors.
Coming home from war and transitioning to civilian life is a long and stressful process for soldiers. Veterans Day at Penn State Abington focused on the challenges facing today's veterans who face longer and more frequent deployments.
Jacqueline McLaughlin, associate professor of biology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, founding director of Penn State CHANCE, and chair of the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Global Perspectives Committee (GPC), has orchestrated along with Missy Coyle, research technologist at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and other GPC committee members, an interactive poster and panel discussion event entitled, “Promoting Global Sustainability in the Teaching and Learning of Biology.”
