As Pennsylvania’s Land Grant Institution, Penn State has as part of its core mission providing service to the businesses and industries of the Commonwealth. Penn State York has maintained such partnerships with our business and industrial communities for more than fifty years. Each semester thousands of adults come to Penn State York to increase their knowledge and consequently your productivity. In addition, Penn State York also comes to you. Through the campus’s outreach program noncredit, certificate and credit programs are offered on-site at businesses throughout the area.

Dr. Joel M. Rodney
Chancellor of Penn State York

One of the real strengths of Penn State York is our commitment to working together with you to prepare your workforce for the future. Faculty and staff at Penn State York are open, honest and accessible. Penn State York faculty members want to engage business and industry in research projects, in community projects, and in international experiences. Whether it is in the classroom, in an adviser's office, in a seminar, at The Nittany Success Center, or just talking with me over lunch, we are here to make the academic experience of your workers a very important part of their business and community life.

In addition to working with you current employees, our curriculum, with its emphasis on science, engineering and technology and business, provides you with the opportunity to tap a talented and well-prepared student body to address your future needs. Our internship program gives you the opportunity to match the needs of your company to the interests of the area’s brightest and most motivated students.

At Penn State York one of our strengths is diversity. We have students and faculty from more than thirty countries. Our students, faculty and staff come to campus with a wide range of opinions, experiences, values and perspectives. Throughout the campus you will see posters that read, "Penn State York values diversity and strives to appreciate the differences among us. We believe that creating a climate that promotes understanding within our diverse population is beneficial not only to the individual but also to the campus community as a whole." I know that this is the climate that will enable your workers and your business to compete successfully in the global market place of the twenty first century.

If you have not made use of our services and expertise, we would be delighted to have you join the list of our corporate partners. My office is always open to members of the business community (771-4120) and my e-mail address is jmr45@psu.edu. I encourage you to let me know how we can best serve your needs.

Para información en español sobre Penn State York cominíquese con nuestra Consejera Latina Mónica M. Grigera llamando al 717-771-4006 o escribiendo al siguiente correo electrónico: mmd4@psu.edu