Penn State New Kensington

3550 Seventh Street Road
Route 780
Upper Burrell, PA 15068
Phone: 724-334-6055
Fax: 724-334-6110

Dr. Kevin J.G. Snider, chancellor, kjs33@psu.edu
Donna Speer, director of development, dms46@psu.edu

Candee Christy, staff assistant, clc36@psu.edu
Bill Woodard, alumni and development specialist, uxw1@psu.edu

Opportunities for Giving

The Penn State Annual Fund

Unrestricted gifts to the campus support our major initiatives, including the expansion of academic programs, increasing student scholarships, maintaining and improving the technology infrastructure, and providing extracurricular student activities. With your help the New Kensington campus can provide support where the need is greatest.

Contributions made during the 2004-2005 fiscal year helped make possible:

Art Gallery exhibits and cultural activities for students and the community
Support for our growing baccalaureate and master's degree programs
Endowed Scholarships
Annual classroom renovations
Awards for annual student research fair
Four-year athletics eligibility for all campus varsity sports

Endowments

Benefits of Endowments

Endowed gifts are held by the University in perpetuity. The initial gift is invested and only a portion of the average annual investment return is spent. The remaining income is added to the principal as protection against inflation. We would like our alumni, friends, staff, and faculty to consider focusing on campus endowments. Most of these funds are scholarships named for individuals or families who are closely connected tot he campus. We are grateful to the alumni and friends who have demonstrated their commitment to Penn State New Kensington students and faculty through campus endowments.

Gift Levels:

$2,500--Scholarship aid for students in the campus honors program.
$500--Grant support for faculty research project supplies.
$250--Lab supplies.
$100--Honorarium for a speaker.
$75--Books and materials for Elisabeth S. Blissell Library.

Memorial Endowments

Penn State New Kensington has two scholarships named in memory of students:

Lora Lee Phillips Memorial Scholarship
Erik Sean Link Memorial Scholarship

For more information about Penn State New Kensington, access www.nk.psu.edu