Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has introduced the inaugural Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2023-24 academic year. The committee will play a pivotal role in guiding TLT and University IT in integrating technology into teaching and learning practices at Penn State.
Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Athletic Program Specialist and Athletics Head Softball Coach Mar Tsakonas is Penn State Scranton's Employee of the Month for December.
On Nov. 28, Penn State Scranton invites its campus, local and alumni communities to join the GivingTuesday initiative and support the campus' campaign to raise enough money to purchase a utility task vehicle (UTV) for the campus' Athletics Department.
At an event held on Oct. 31, leaders from the Student Philanthropy Network announced that the class of 2024 has voted to create the University Park Undergraduate Association Basic Needs Endowment as their class gift. The fund will provide sustained support for students facing hardships in pursuit of their degree.
In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Penn State Scranton's Disability Rights, Education Advocacy and Mentoring (DREAMers) Club hosted Sara Wolff, a native of northeast Pennsylvania, as a guest speaker on Oct. 19.
Assistant Professor of Business Loan “Emily” Pham, recently presented her research during this semester’s first Brown Bag Lunch Seminar series at Penn State Scranton. Her talk, titled “Faculty's Turnover Intention in Vietnamese Public Universities: The Impact of Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety, and Job Embeddedness,” explores the critical issue of employee turnover in Vietnamese public universities.
Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing assistant research professor, Diane Berish, and current doctoral student, Kalei Kowalchik, were both awarded annual Pennsylvania Higher Education Nursing Schools Association grants.
Abryel Johnson, a fourth-year nursing student in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton, will shadow Mike Evans, the assistant dean of undergraduate nursing at the Commonwealth Campuses, in a home-health environment after receiving a $1,000 Student Engagement Network grant.
This fall, eight new arrivals joined the Penn State Scranton campus community, each bringing their unique skills and expertise to bolster various departments on campus.