PennWest Clarion

SYSTEM SUCCESS

Affordability & Talent Pipeline

Three  students demonstrated their financial analysis skills at the CFA Society of Pittsburgh鈥檚 Investment Research Challenge on Feb. 17, 2026. Juniors Isaac Bell and Chase Weaver from Edinboro and senior Maddox O鈥橬eill from California delivered a 10-minute analysis of Howmet Aerospace, a publicly traded company based in Pittsburgh.

The Power of Giving

Students using the auditorium in  Still Hall will benefit from a brighter, quieter, and modernized space, thanks to the generosity of alumni John and Jan Stoner, 1975 graduates. The renovated area features new seats, flooring, lighting, and HVAC systems, funded by the Stoners' generous donation and completed by Clarion facilities staff over the summer.

Conservation in Action

Kennedy Brown didn鈥檛 find environmental science through a weather map or a lab report. She found it through people. While in high school trade school for emergency medical services, Kennedy began noticing a pattern during her required contacts. Many of the people she encountered were dealing with respiratory illnesses linked to their living environments. That experience stayed with her. When she came to , she chose Environmental Geosciences with a concentration in Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and a minor in Black Studies because she wanted, as she put it, to understand 鈥渢he how and the why鈥� behind those issues.