We had the opportunity to interview one of our international students from India, Ruta Dandekar, who is a junior in the information sciences and technology (IST) major and a part of the women’s basketball team.  Here are her thoughts about our campus community. How would you describe your experience in Penn State York? Penn State [...]

Stop waiting for the “perfect time” or for the conditions to be ideal. That seldom happens when we really need to get started now.  Maybe the best time was last week but the second best time is right NOW!! Set a specific time and begin your task. Be a “Do-er”: Practice DOING things rather than just [...]

All Penn State students pay three different fees each semester; activities, facilities, and technology. Last year during the spring semester, the Student Government Association (SGA) voted to bring the fee structure more in line with other campuses and raise the facility fee by $28 per semester for full-time students. Unfortunately, there was a glitch in [...]

If you have watched the news, read the paper or browsed online in the recent months, you have probably heard something mentioned about student aid and student loans.  It is frequently reported that college graduates are deeper in debt than graduates who have come before them.  It is estimated that Americans have borrowed over $1 [...]

Penn State York faculty members were fully engaged during the summer and fall of this year, participating in a variety of professional development activities to enhance and invigorate their classroom practice. From clickers to educational gaming to multi-media projects to teaching in our state-of-the-art Video Learning Network classroom to blended learning re-design projects, our faculty [...]

This time of year is both exciting and potentially stressful. Students are approaching a break with the Thanksgiving holiday; they are also faced with a great deal of college assignments. They are nearing the end of the semester, which usually means the work load increases. Finals are also rapidly approaching. We commonly hear and say [...]

We are happy to announce that on Monday, October 15, construction began on the main floor of the John J  Romano Administration Building (Romano)!  The renovation includes a new student lounge/lobby space, and new administrative offices for the chancellor, director of Academic Affairs,  and their staff members.  A number of entities have come together to [...]