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The Penn State Abington Office of Continuing Education will present Trauma Informed Practices for Educators at 5 p.m. May 9 via Zoom. This course provides an understanding of how educators can create a more trauma-sensitive school environment. <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/continuing-education/teaching-education/trauma-informed-practices-educators">Register here</a>.

Trauma Informed Practices for Educators Webinar

Learn about the Project Management Certificate program's content, structure and instructional approach during this virtual session on June 23.

Project Management Virtual Lunch and Learn

Join the Penn State Abington Continuing Education team for a virtual session on June 28 to learn more about the <a href="https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hlG0QIvqRnaPRb9a98fQsg">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate</a> program that will launch this fall.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Certificate

Information sessions offered live via Zoom on July 13. Hosted by Penn State Abington. <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61LvAeBh41og9DnrwRkhFwogBUMFk3NFlZWERaRFJPSkVaRjkwWVdHV0JCVS4u">Register</a>.

SHRM Learning System for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP Certification Preparation

Information session offered via Zoom on Aug. 22. <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61LvAeBh41og9DnrwRkhFwogBUMktBMVZXSUU2UTBWVDlCT0dZMFc3Qlo2Ni4u">Register</a>.

The Office of Continuing Education at Penn State Abington is offering a <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/continuing-education/business-programs/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-workplace-certificate">certificate program on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace</a> this fall.

Penn State Abington offers workplace diversity, equity, inclusion certificate 

Penn State Abington will open Women's History Month with a <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/Community/womens-history-month-concert">free community concert</a> featuring the Merion Trio the evening of March 1.

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Concert Kicks off Women's History Month at Penn State Abington

Thought leaders will gather at Penn State Abington on March 25 to discuss the digital transformation of communities, health care and business, as well as ways to connect businesses to communities. The afternoon will feature an innovation challenge where attendees can share solutions for community issues through technology.

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TechCon and Innovation Challenge

A free public screening of "Our American Family", a documentary that examines the searing impact of generational addiction on one Philadelphia family, followed by a discussion led by a Penn State Abington faculty expert on the illicit use of opioids, will be held March 28.

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'Our American Family': A Documentary and Discussion about Generational Addiction

Walk the Penn State Abington campus with survivors and members of the community to help bring attention to sexual violence.

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'Take Back the Night': A Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event

During the ACURA undergraduate research exhibition and Maker Space demonstration, Penn State Abington student researchers will present the projects they have developed over several semesters in conjunction with faculty mentors. In the Athletic Building.

Abington Undergraduate Research Exhibition (ACURA)

Examine the local legacy of enslavement and explore efforts to end slavery in America by area residents including early abolitionist Benjamin Lay.

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'Reckoning with Slavery Along Old York Road'

Join the instructors and program staff from Penn State Abington Continuing Education to learn more about the Project Management Certificate Program during a virtual information session at noon on June 6.

Project Management Certificate Information Session 

Learn about the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Workplace Certificate program, offered by Penn State Abington Continuing Education, in a virtual information session on Aug. 1.

Information Session: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Workplace 

Penn State instructors combine their expertise with the SHRM Learning System to offer a comprehensive and effective way to prepare for success on the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP exam. An information session will be held on Aug. 21.

Register for SHRM Information Session

Learn how this five-session program, beginning Dec. 5, will support strategies to develop a more inclusive work environment and culture.

'Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace' Certificate Information Session 

Learn more about the foundations of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the workplace program.

'Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace' Certificate Information Session

Learn more about the certificate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace at an information session on Dec. 5 with Penn State Abington Continuing Education staff.

Information Session: Certificate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace

Learn more about the certificate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace at an information session on Dec. 5 with Penn State Abington Continuing Education staff.

Learn more about the Certificate in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Workplace at an information session with Penn State Abington Continuing Education staff on Dec. 5. Registration required.

On Jan. 29, explore the multifaceted nature of peace and the steps toward developing and maintaining communities of care in a world rife with conflict. Creative arts therapist Mariya Keselman-Mekler will invite you to explore solutions to challenges that arise when varying perspectives on peace exist within our communities. Leave with the tools to begin creating communities of care in your own spheres. All are welcome to this free event presented by the Penn State Abington Office of Inclusive Excellence.

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Penn State Abington, Lares Building, 1600 Woodland Road, Abington, PA 19001

Creative Peace Building: A Communities of Care Event

Enjoy a light dinner at Penn State Abington with arts funder and music critic Don Palmer who will lead an exploration of the complex relationship between art, culture, and commerce and how to chart a future in which creativity can thrive in communities of care. The event will be at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 29 in the Lares Building.

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Black History, Music, and Culture as Catalysts for Communities of Care

Penn State Abington presents a free performance of this acclaimed one-woman show followed by a discussion with the artist on Feb. 28.

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Heart Ripped Out Twice and So Can You! A Comedy about Pain

Andrew Bricker, associate professor of English literature at Ghent University in Belgium, will deliver his lecture "Validating the Vicious: Rationalizing Satire's Failures in the Twenty-First Century" on Feb. 27 at Penn State Abington.

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Ghent University scholar to lecture on satire in the 21st century

Marissa Nicosia, associate professor of Renaissance literature at Penn State Abington, will discuss her new book "Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play: Historical Futures, 1590-1660" on Feb. 27.

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English faculty to discuss new book on imagining by early modern playwrights

Penn State Abington will host a conversation on March 25 with Robin Roscigno, a neurodivergent scholar, advocate and educator, who utilizes a critical disability study lens to raise questions about ableist logics that often permeate autism intervention.

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Discussion at Penn State Abington to focus on a new narrative for autism intervention 

Come to Penn State Abington for an evening of tangos, romances and serenades at "It Takes Three to Tango," a free concert featuring the Florian Trio on March 27.

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Tango music highlights free performance at Penn State Abington

The <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/continuing-education/healthcare-certificates-programs/nursing-home-administrator-120-hour-training">Online Nursing Home Administrator Training Program</a> is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators, and it may also satisfy Pennsylvania license renewal requirements. Online courses run 120 hours.

Nursing Home Administrator Online Training Program

The online, 100-hour, Personal Care Home Administrator training program features the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services-approved curriculum. For new and current professionals who need to fulfill continuing education requirements. The training starts Sept. 16 and continues through Dec. 11.

Personal Home Care Administrator Online Training

Penn State Abington students are creating a landscape of floating sculpture, sound and light from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 25 along historic Penn's Landing in Philadelphia.

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Independence Seaport Museum, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia

Don't miss the Alien Invasion!

A free concert at Penn State Abington on Jan. 28 will feature the Meiravi Quartet performing works by composers whose lives were impacted by the Holocaust and an original piece inspired by the story of one brave youth.

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Composers of the Holocaust Era and Beyond — Jan. 28

Chris Bonner, associate teaching professor of art at Penn State Abington, will offer insights into his solo exhibit, "Embodied Cognition (why I make stuff)," from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 18 in the campus art gallery.

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Artist's reception for 'Embodied Cognition (why I make stuff)' by Chris Bonner

Chris Bonner, associate teaching professor of art at Penn State Abington, will offer insights into his solo exhibit, "Embodied Cognition (why I make stuff)," from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Woodland Building art gallery.

Artist's reception for 'Embodied Cognition (why I make stuff)' by Chris Bonner 

Join Penn State Abington for a free concert featuring the Behn Gillece Group performing "Pivot Point: Modern Jazz with a Timeless Groove" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4. Vibraphonist Gillece and an ensemble of top New York-area musicians will deliver original compositions and reimagined classics in the Sutherland Auditorium at Penn State Abington. <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61LsJUQRqBo3dAqFiSQ3r7emhUNFdSRDhQRlUySjlTQkdTU05ZTlgyUElVUS4u&amp;origin=QRCode">RSVP here</a>.

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Sutherland Auditorium, Penn State Abington

Groove to modern jazz at Penn State Abington free concert

Enjoy an evening at Penn State Abington with the Andrew Neu Big Band. <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/community/events/big-band-jazz">RSVP for the event online</a>.

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Penn State Abington, 1600 Woodland Road, Abington, PA 19001

Oct. 14: Free big band jazz concert at Abington

Abington student athletes will hand out Halloween treats with kids of all ages! Sunday, Oct. 25, from 1 to 4 p.m. <a href="https://www.abington.psu.edu/community/events/trunk-or-treat">RSVP here</a>.

Abington Trunk or Treat

Trunk or Treat at Penn State Abington! 

Penn State Abington will host a screening of the film and a moderated talk about youth mental health for parents and caregivers. The event is free but <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduRfrEZ2rJ0cbv8_7KMnc4lqo9OoRdoqE4CU56XqWqGYGdJg/viewform?pli=1">registration is required</a>.

Abington

Oct. 22: "Screenagers: Generation AI" documentary and discussion at Abington

7:00 PM / October 22, 2026

Upcoming Events

Oct. 14: Free big band jazz concert at Abington

Trunk or Treat at Penn State Abington!