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.
Penn State Scranton will host country musician Cooper Greer on Thursday, Oct. 26, in the campus' Multi-Purpose Building (Gym). The concert is free to all Penn State Scranton students, and $10 for the public. Tickets will only be available at the door on the night of the concert.
Recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty across the University were honored Oct. 2 through Penn State’s Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program, now in its 21st year, during a private event held in the Paterno Family Humanities Reading Room on the second floor of Pattee Library at the University Park campus.
"Making Your Vote Count" is a free community event that will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the Study Learning Center’s Sherbine Lounge. It is open to the public and free of charge.