Chuck Cohen, managing director at Benco Dental Company, PJ Dempsey, president and CEO of Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply and Jack Reager, president, BlackOut Design will be the featured panelists for the Family Business Alliance's September program, "Facility Growth for a Family Business: Making the decision to enlarge and its impact on the Family and Business" on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at Benco Dental: Northeast Distribution Center at 8 a.m.
Stephen J. Ursich, manager, Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance; Ken Okrepkie, manager, Ben Franklin Technology Partners for Pocono/Northeast Region; Sandy Chickeletti, administrative vice president, M&T Bank; Robert Watts, regional director, Governor's Action Team; and Dorothy Lane, director of the Wilkes University Small Business Development Center will be the guest panelists for the FBA's October program: "Funding for Growth: How to get the capital to expand your family business" on Tuesday, October 10. This program will be offered in two locations: Penn State Worthington Scranton in the morning and Wilkes University in the afternoon.
This year's Nittany Lion Free Children's Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Penn State Worthington Scranton's Multipurpose Building. The event is open to the public and free of charge.
The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State’s Innovation Hubs.
The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
