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Callejo Pérez to serve as interim regional chancellor for northeast campuses

David M. Callejo Pérez, chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg, has been appointed interim regional chancellor for Penn State Hazleton, Penn State Scranton and Penn State Wilkes-Barre, effective April 1. Callejo Pérez will serve in this role while continuing as chancellor and dean of Penn State Harrisburg and while a national search for a permanent regional chancellor continues.
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Scranton welcomes four new staff members

Penn State Interim Regional Chancellor Durell Johnson has announced the addition of four new staff members at the Scranton campus. They are Maria Day, assistant director of admissions; Jordan Fritz, coordinator of student activities; Karen Gallia, assistant to the director of academic affairs; and Adam Horan, IT support specialist.
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Campus on a delayed start for Tuesday, March 3

Due to wintry conditions, Penn State Scranton has called for a two-hour delay Tuesday, March 3. The campus is closed from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m., with only essential employees reporting at their usual times. Classes will begin, and offices and facilities will open at 10 a.m.
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Fall 2025 dean's list announced

Interim Penn State Regional Chancellor Durell Johnson has announced that the following students at Penn State Scranton have made the dean’s list for the Fall 2025 semester.
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Penn State Laureate plans to explore commonwealth through a documentary lens

As the 2025-26 Penn State Laureate, filmmaker and associate professor Pearl Gluck is traveling across the commonwealth to share her films and examine how storytelling lives within communities — not only in places, but through the people who care for them: archivists, artists, educators, librarians, museum guides and local historians who serve as keepers of cultural memory.