The Happy Valley Latin Festival, a one-day music and arts festival bringing together Latin music, art and crafts vendors showcasing the vibrance and diversity of the Latinx/Hispanic culture in Central Pennsylvania, will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, 127 South Fraser Street, downtown State College.
Events continue through October as Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. This year's overall theme is “Unidos en la Diversidad: Celebrating our Roots and Honoring our Heritage."
From left to right: Lindsey Simon-Jones, interim chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Fayette; Megan Nagel, regional chancellor of Penn State Fayette, Greater Allegheny and New Kensington; Kristy Bishop, interim president of Westmoreland County Community College; and Cynthia Proctor, interim vice president of Westmoreland County Community College academic affairs, sign a new articulation agreement to enhance transfer opportunities between Penn State Fayette and Westmoreland County Community College.
Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and Westmoreland County Community College, building upon a long-standing relationship, have entered into a new articulation agreement designed to enhance educational opportunities and improve the rate at which students obtain undergraduate degrees in Pennsylvania.
The Penn State Alumni Association (PSAA) has announced a $20,000 matching commitment that will grow the scholarship endowment recently established in honor of 2024 Renaissance Fund honorees Roger Williams, retired PSAA executive director, and his wife, Karen Magnuson, retired assistant director of University marketing. In recognition of the Renaissance Fund’s 55th anniversary, the PSAA will match gifts of $550 or more to any named Renaissance Fund with an equal contribution to the Roger L. Williams and Karen L. Magnuson Renaissance Fund.
Elizabeth J. Wright, Ph.D., was named Regional Chancellor of the Scranton, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre campuses. She succeeds Chancellor Marwan Wafa, who retired as Penn State Scranton Chancellor at the end of June.
