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Tags with Hope and Peace written on them to express hope and peace for those who have passed

Hope and Peace tags

Senior Kristi Cucura filled out the tags for two unidentified migrants. On the one tag, she wrote “peace,” with hopes that the person’s soul “would find peace in the afterlife despite not finding peace on this earth.”

close up of multiple tags created for the project, shown in a vertical row

Close up of multiple tags

Penn State Scranton senior Julia Fessenden wrote quotes from several poets on the back of her toe tags, saying she did so because, “I felt as though my own words were inadequate.”

Exhibit of memorial wall of toe tags for Hostile Terrain project

Memorial wall

The Art Alley gallery space at University Park's HUB-Robeson Center is one of 150 locations throughout the world hosting installations for the Hostile Terrain 94 art project sponsored by the Undocumented Migration Project. Students in Penn State Scranton Lecturer in Art Corianne Thompson's studio art and art history courses participated in the project, filling out toe tags meant to represent the thousands of migrants who have died at the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Covid Testing at BJC

POTD-11 19 20-Covid Testing at BJC

Clay Kuzmin, a staff member with Drug Free Sports, hands off a COVID-19 saliva test kit to one of the many Penn State students who have made their way to the Bryce Jordan Center for free, pre-departure testing throughout the week.

Cavaliere and Hettes

Scranton names two new members to Advisory Board

Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced the addition of two new members to Penn State Scranton’s Advisory Board -- Paul S. Cavaliere, program management director at Lockheed Martin in Archbald; and Robert Hettes, director of flu operations at Sanofi Pasteur in Swiftwater.
headshot photos of Cavaliere and Hettes

Cavaliere and Hettes

Chancellor Marwan Wafa, Ph.D., has announced the addition of two new members to Penn State Scranton’s Advisory Board -- Paul S. Cavaliere, program management director at Lockheed Martin in Archbald, at left; and Robert Hettes, director of flu operations at Sanofi Pasteur in Swiftwater.