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Class of 2024 votes to establish the UPUA Basic Needs Endowment

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.
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Professor's research focuses on employee retention in Vietnamese universities

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.
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Nursing student receives $1,000 Student Engagement Network grant

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.