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The Penn State Scranton Learning Center has a semester full of events aimed at making students aware of the services and resources it can provide. These events are designed to provide valuable information in a fun and interesting format as students are introduced to new events and old favorites for the spring semester.

The Family Business Alliance, a collaborative regional program shared by Penn State Scranton and Wilkes University, recently announced its new board chair — Hilary Kane Lyle of local distribution specialist Kane is Able, and announced its upcoming schedule of educational programs.

Penn State Scranton's students, faculty and staff came together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the life of the civil-rights icon, assassinated more than 50 years ago. The fifth annual MLK Day Luncheon and Excellence in Diversity Awards celebrated the efforts of the campus and community to continue to work toward King’s dream of a more racially and socially just America.

Michael M. Evans, assistant dean for undergraduate nursing education at the Commonwealth Campuses and associate teaching professor of nursing in Penn State University’s College of Nursing, has been named the Penn State Scranton Alumni Society’s 2019 Alumnus of the Year. Evans will be honored Thursday, Feb. 20, at a special reception beginning at 7 p.m. in the campus’ K. Bruce Sherbine Lounge, in the Study Learning Center.

Penn State Scranton continued its commitment to bolstering the technological capabilities of its faculty at the campus’ sixth annual Faculty Development Day. Held earlier this month in the campus' new Information Sciences and Technology Active Learning and Innovation Lab, the program featured three presentations geared around evolving technologies now available to faculty.