At an event held on Oct. 31, leaders from the Student Philanthropy Network announced that the class of 2024 has voted to create the University Park Undergraduate Association Basic Needs Endowment as their class gift. The fund will provide sustained support for students facing hardships in pursuit of their degree.
The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Bedford Falls Foundation, resulting in the creation of more than 30 scholarship awards each totaling $40,000.
Responding to emerging needs at Penn State Mont Alto, longtime Penn State supporters Earl and Kay Harbaugh have come forward with a gift to enhance training and support for students in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.
Decades after the Mont Alto campus helped Penn State Professor Andrew Mowen set the course for his future, he and his wife, Cindy, funded the campus' first Education Equity Scholarship.