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Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 (IU8) is proud to announce its partnership with Penn State Outreach to bring the Readiness Institute Summer Discovery program to rising high school seniors in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, and Somerset counties. This five-week, paid learning experience is designed to prepare students for college, career, and life alongside a cohort of peers.

The Penn State Readiness Institute Summer Discovery program offers students a transformative experience prior to entering the doors of college.

The three-day inaugural Global Silicon Valley x Penn State event explored the positive impacts of advancing artificial intelligence (AI) through education, economic development, and innovation.

Remake Learning Days connects youth and families to innovative and fun new ways to learn and grow together with events that focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) exploration and career pathways across Pennsylvania.

This fall, K-12 educators will team with Penn State faculty and staff to collaborate on ways to teach and implement sustainable efforts in schools during the inaugural Penn State K-12 Sustainability Summit.

Penn State’s Readiness Institute Summer Discovery program is being awarded a $40,000 grant to help keep it up and running. The grant is coming from the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies.

The Readiness Institute at Penn State Summer Discovery will continue in 2025 for 12 rising high school seniors from Cambria and Somerset Counties, in part because of a $40,000 grant provided by the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies.

Alexandria Rhoads, an aerospace engineering student in Penn State’s College of Engineering, said the Readiness Institute Summer Discovery set her up for success as a person. Rhoads was part of the cohort that attended the summer program during its inaugural year in 2021.