Penn State Scranton’s Center for Business Development and Community Outreach department is gearing up for its popular Nittany Cub Summer Camps, offering a blend of fun and educational experiences for children. Penn State alumni and employees are eligible for exclusive discounts.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2024 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Sommar Chilton, associate teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders in the College of Health and Human Development; Linda Istanbulli, Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature and assistant professor of comparative literature and Arabic in the College of the Liberal Arts; Siu Ling "Pansy" Leung, associate teaching professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering; Kuei-Nuan Lin, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Greater Allegheny; Sarah Nilson, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Beaver; and Kara Stone, assistant teaching professor of English at Penn State Scranton.
Penn State Scranton honored its high achieving students at a special Dean’s List Luncheon on March 14. All students who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the Fall 2023 semester were invited to attend and received certificates for their accomplishment.
Darla Lattimer, a third-year nursing student in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton and an English minor, has been awarded a $2,000 Student Engagement Network Grant for the spring 2024 semester.
Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses and the state’s community colleges have announced a new collaboration aimed at expanding educational opportunities in Pennsylvania and removing barriers to degree completion among college students. The collaboration builds upon long-standing relationships between the campuses and the community colleges and a shared commitment to access and affordability in higher education.
Natalie Faybisovich, a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a nursing degree at the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton, has co-authored a manuscript focusing on home health care. Her involvement in this research endeavor has been a transformative experience, she said.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Enrollment Services Specialist Nick Tomaskovic has been named the campus’ Employee of the Month for March.
Students looking for an internship or a job after graduation will have an opportunity to meet and speak with a variety of regional employers at the campus’ second annual Internship and Job Fair being held on campus this Thursday, Feb. 29.
A new initiative by the Penn State Scranton’s library staff hopes to encourage more campus engagement with the library — and more reading — by “carting” materials from the library directly to students, faculty and staff.
The Penn State Scranton community has learned which students will be representing the campus as its THON 2024 dancers during THON Weekend, set for Feb. 16-18 at University Park’s Bryce Jordan Center. Abigal Gaebel, Mahek Gandhi and Ashley Torres will join thousands of other Penn State students in the grueling, yet life-changing, 46-hour, no sitting, no sleeping dance marathon that raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund and children battling pediatric cancer.
