November 18, 2025
The Lamartine F. and Emeline H. Hood Travel Fund will provide the college's Department of Food Science with a source of discretionary funds to support graduate student travel to present their research results. Money may be used for travel expenses, presentation expenses, professional development, materials, supplies, and other items.
October 16, 2025
Through a $50,000 gift and the support of her extended family, including her nephew, Joe Walker, Maureen Bail has created the Helen M., Ignatius J., and Joseph A. Bail Scholarship in Forest Ecosystem Management.
October 9, 2025
Catherine Nettles Cutter and her husband, Lester Cutter, have pledged a $200,000 estate gift to establish the Nettles Cutter Food Safety Endowment in the Department of Food Science. Funds from the gift will support research in areas of microbial food safety and food safety education.
September 9, 2025
The Department of Entomology is benefiting from a $1.5 million gift from a donor who has chosen to remain anonymous.
August 12, 2025
The Jeff Conrad Access and Equity Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences will serve to enrich the Office of Access and Equity by providing discretionary funds for activities and programming geared toward ensuring accessible and equitable opportunities and fostering an inclusive, supportive community.
June 24, 2025
Slocum has updated a previous estate commitment for a graduate award in the Department of Food Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences and The Arboretum at Penn State to now include additional graduate student support in Food Science.
May 19, 2025
The Burl H. Burleigh Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences provides 30% of in-state tuition per year for each student recipient.
April 15, 2025
The Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences honored six alumni with 2025 Outstanding Alumni awards in a ceremony April 10 in State College. Six honorees were inducted into the college’s Armsby Honor Society alongside four other inductees.
March 25, 2025
A five-figure gift from anonymous donors established the Endowment for the Office of Access and Equity.
September 10, 2024
Jennifer Beidel, a 2003 graduate of the College of Agricultural Sciences and a 2006 graduate of Penn State Dickinson Law, has been honored as a 2024 Penn State Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association.
July 22, 2024
In 2022, Penn State alumnus Lyn VanTassel made a bequest to create a scholarship open to all undergraduates in the College of Agricultural Sciences. He has now made a five-year pledge to early activate his scholarship.
June 12, 2024
To ensure the continued support and growth of the agricultural safety and health program in the College of Agricultural Sciences, Dennis Murphy and his wife, Christy, have committed the payout of a life insurance policy to bolster the Endowment for Agricultural Safety and Health in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
May 22, 2024
The eight-figure estate commitment will bring the donor’s total support of Penn State to more than $13.5 million and enhance scholarship support in the College of Education and the College of Agricultural Sciences and at Penn State Berks; further pediatric cancer research at Penn State College of Medicine; provide top academic leaders with flexible resources; and help the Blue Band.
March 19, 2024
The Dennis and Janet Scanlon Integrated Team Research Award will recognize an integrated research and outreach faculty team within the College of Agricultural Sciences that demonstrates innovation in translating research to be shared and used through activities leading to partnerships and collaboration within the college and beyond.
January 18, 2024
Helen and Steve Schreiner have created the Dr. Marion P. Cullen International Travel Endowment in Animal Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The endowment will provide scholarships for undergraduate students in animal science who have financial need and are participating in a study abroad experience.
August 29, 2023
Thanks to a seven-figure estate gift to the Franklin County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Center's endowment from a longtime volunteer, the center’s future is now brighter than ever.
June 28, 2023
Jay Hreiz, owner and veterinarian at the Queen City Animal Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, has committed $100,000 from his future estate to the research fund in the Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences.
May 30, 2023
Julie Smiley has made a $1 million gift from her future estate to endow the Smiley Family Excellence Fund in the Department of Animal Science and the Thomas Miller Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Entomology.
May 12, 2023
Gifts and bequest will benefit 4-H members and programs in Huntingdon County
March 1, 2023
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences alumnus Doug Peck has committed $200,000 from his future estate to create the Douglas R. Peck Food Packaging Endowment in Food Science.
December 19, 2022
In support of the Penn State Microbiome Center, Indigo Agriculture created the Indigo Agriculture Graduate Fellowship in the College of Agricultural Sciences through a $200,000 gift, matched 1:1 by the University through the now-concluded Graduate Scholarship Matching Program.
December 6, 2022
Through a $25,000 gift, Hiram Larew created the Global Teach Ag Network Enhancement Fund, which is designed to enrich the Ag Sciences Global program through support specifically for the Global Teach Ag Network. This annually supported fund will be used to provide professional development for educators, programmatic and staffing support and research for domestic and global initiatives.
October 31, 2022
Mark Saunders and his partner, Lynn Walker, longtime donors to the College of Agricultural Sciences, have committed $250,000 to endow a graduate scholarship.
August 17, 2022
With the hopes of increasing awareness and interest in public health and medical entomology, Penn State alumna Alexis Barbarin created an annual award for graduate students funded by yearly royalties she receives from a patent.
August 15, 2022
To honor her mother’s legacy, Tina Terrell made a gift to create the Lucille Terrell MANRRS Scholarship in the College of Agricultural Sciences, designate a scarlet oak in The Arboretum at Penn State as “Lucille’s Tree” and name one of the Arboretum’s future Fountain Garden seat walls in her honor.
August 15, 2022
Julie Smiley has made a $1 million gift from her future estate to endow the Smiley Family Excellence Fund in the Department of Animal Science and the Thomas Miller Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Entomology.
July 7, 2022
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences alumnus Tom Donaldson committed $400,000 from his future estate to create the T.D. Graduate Fellowship in Agricultural Sciences.
April 13, 2022
After being introduced to the national Cultivating Change Foundation, Conrad offered Penn State’s chapter, Students for Cultivating Change (SFCC) in the College of Agricultural Sciences, an opportunity not only to develop valuable professional skills but also secure a $10,000 gift to support their goals.
March 8, 2022
Frank and Janet Glasgow Dudek update estate, early activate two scholarships
February 23, 2022
Tom and Mary Jo Young pledged a $3.2 million estate gift to create the Woodland Gardens at The Arboretum at Penn State with a supporting endowment, as well as an undergraduate scholarship in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.
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Office of Development and Alumni Relations
Address
240 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email agdevelopment@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1373
