The Shapiro Administration Launches New Marketing Campaign for Economic Growth
By Sarah Taylor Image Credits: Marc Levy, Associated Press on WVIA – Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro says he wants to ‘get s— done.’ He’s made it his slogan, profanity and all (wvia.org) The Shapiro Administration is making bold moves with the launch of a comprehensive marketing campaign, “Pennsylvania Gets It Done”, embracing the same kind […]
Longtime local business funding scholarship for CPI culinary students
By Jodie Dello Stritto Dave and Sheri Letterman with their family at the grand opening of the current location of Bonfatto’s Italian Market and Café in Downtown Bellefonte in 2019. Bellefone’s Bonfatto’s Italian Market and Café recently announced the creation of the Guy & Pauline Bonfatto Memorial Scholarship at Central Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, which […]
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Success With Honor hires new executive director
Penn State football players took part in a Success With Honor event at the Rose Bowl. They participated in a contest in association with Mattel Toys and signed autographs. Photo: StateCollege.com. Kerry Small, one of the founders of Success With Honor, has been hired as the collective’s executive director. He told StateCollege.com that the group’s […]
Major renovations slated for Beaver Stadium
Credit: Curtis Chan / Penn State. Creative Commons Penn State’s Beaver Stadium is getting another makeover, with an eye on using the facility beyond game days. In a release on February 17, President Neeli Bendapudi said, “After extensive research and consultation, renovation for Beaver Stadium is the direction we want to take as it is […]
Take a peek at Actuated Medical’s new state-of-the-art facility
Over the last 16 years, the Actuated Medical team has built a central Pennsylvania company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices. By establishing an ‘internal’ start-up ecosystem, the Actuated team has the infrastructure to incubate creative ideas and quickly test. Those ideas that demonstrate market potential are developed to commercial exits. Take a peek […]
Penn State’s new budget allocation system
Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons According to a new release, the new budget allocation model is used to determine the amount of funding — primarily from tuition and state funding — that Penn State provides to colleges, campuses, student support, and administrative units. The University’s new budget includes funding for strategic needs […]
See a need, fill a need: BAI Group’s journey from waste management consulting to leading solar energy advancement
Between 2020 and 2021, State College-based BAI Group’s revenue from its solar energy segment grew by ten times, and President Jim Echard projects this same rapid and significant growth over the next five years. The local company, which got its start in waste management, is a major player in the greening of the Mid-Atlantic energy […]
From the lab to the customer: Penn State excels at research-industry collaboration
Penn State is called Materials Valley for a reason. It’s home to one of the largest Materials Research Institutions in the United States and ranked number one in research expenditures in the U.S. But as I interview innovators and researchers, they keep pointing to something else that puts Penn State at the apex of materials […]
