Mary Ellen Litzinger, Craig Weidemann, and Penn State World Campus alumni Beth Berna and Michael Bach were honored at the 2018 Penn State Outreach and Online Education Appreciation Dinner, Oct. 11 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Penn State Scranton honored its scholarship donors and recognized the students who received those scholarships on Oct. 4 at a special evening reception at Fiorelli’s, Peckville.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the campus’ Community Club, an outgrowth of the Human Development and Family Studies degree program at the campus, hosted a domestic violence awareness program. Judy Copeland, a licensed clinical social worker at the Women’s Resource Center of Scranton, and Joanne Smith, a domestic abusive survivor, shared their stories, resources and information.
The Scranton LaunchBox, a community entrepreneurial initiative undertaken by Penn State Scranton, was officially opened on Tuesday, Oct. 2, with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Penn State President Eric Barron, other Penn State administrators, as well as regional economic development and public officials.
Penn State alumni representing four northeast regional campuses will be offering “A Night of Penn State Jazz” at the Alice C. Wiltsie Performing Arts Center, 700 North Wyoming Street, Hazleton, on Sunday, Oct. 21. The concert, featuring Penn State’s Centre Dimensions jazz ensemble, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for general seating.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Emily Glodzik, a financial assistant in the campus Bursar's Office, is the October Employee of the Month.
On Wednesday, Penn State Scranton held an Open House for its refurbished Veterans Lounge, located in the lower level of the campus library. The event was was attended by veteran students, faculty and staff.
Tom Eveland, an adjunct lecturer in science at Penn State Scranton, recently published “The Hunt for Tyrannus Arachnis, The Earth’s Largest Ancient Spider.” The 50-page, seven-chapter science tome was designed as a supplemental guide for science classes from high school through college and aims to show students how science and scientists work.
Penn State Scranton will host its first-ever Banned Books Read Out on Tuesday, Sept. 25 as a way of celebrating Banned Books Week 2018 and honoring the American Library Association’s commitment to intellectual freedom. The event will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the campus library and feature members of the campus community reading excerpts from books that have been threatened for removal, and in some cases actually removed, from libraries across the nation.
The 2018-19 Penn State University Laureate, John Champagne, will speak at Penn State Scranton during a presentation that is free and open to the public on Thursday, Sept. 27. The name of the presentation is: “Art & Politics – The Case of Corrado Cagli.”
