By Holly Riddle NLCG showcase |Photo provided In recent years, startups, Fortune 500 companies and nonprofits have come to Penn State’s University Park campus, seeking help to solve industry issues, not from researchers or professors, like you might expect. Instead, these critical insights come from a group of highly motivated students who make up the […]
By Sarah Taylor Penn State alum Steve Koval moved back to the Happy Valley region in 1986. Almost 40 years later, he’s the founder of Nittany Strategic Solutions LLC and plans to stay in the area for the long haul. His reasoning? Simple — the combination of “community, outdoor adventures, PSU events and family,” made […]
By Maegen Manning Credit: Mark Selders | Penn State. Creative Commons Many of the athletes competing at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris are proud Nittany Lions. According to The Daily Collegian, there will be 28 Penn State former and current student-athletes competing at the Olympics across 12 different disciplines. Of those Olympians,18 are […]
by Holly Riddle X-Hab 3D's new mobile, semi-autonomous, concrete printing system | Image Credits: Bruce Kraselsky LinkedIn In 2022, HappyValley Industry covered the beginnings of a startup that had recently found a home in CATO Park. X-Hab 3D, originally born from a NASA Centennial Challenge and the work of Penn State researchers, focuses on developing […]
by Holly Riddle According to the most recent SCE Labor Market Survey, this spring, the number of people searching for a job was at its highest since 2014. However, while that might automatically seem like a good thing for employers and a bad thing for jobseekers, it’s important to note that the survey also found […]
by Brady Bast CC4H's presentation for Arts Fest Kid's Day | Image Credits: HappyValley Industry.com In a local, 4,000-square-foot build facility, more than 100 Happy Valley students are laying the foundation for successful careers in STEM fields. These students, members of Centre County 4-H Robotics, will become the future leaders of Centre County, and will, […]
