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Rob Notari

Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that System Administrator, Information Technology Support Rob Notari has been named the Employee of the Month for October.

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Prof. Rivera-Barnes and graphic of book cover

Inspired by a continuity of hatred in Hispanic Literatures across the ages, Penn State Scranton Associate Professor of Spanish Beatriz Rivera-Barnes wrote “The Nature of Hate and the Hatred of Nature in Hispanic Literatures”, which was published last year and now being used in universities across the United States, as well as in South Korea, Spain and Germany. 

at left, students have dinner at an indian restaurant to experience that culture's cuisine; at right Mexican dancers perform as part of a past Hispanic Heritage Month event at the campus

International heritage events

As Penn State Scranton's student population has gotten more diverse, so have the events hosted by the campus. At left, students take part in the Cultural Cuisine Tour, in which students go to various ethnic restaurants in the Scranton area to experience the foods of other cultures. Students here enjoyed a traditional Indian meal at the Mayuri Indian restaurant in Scranton. At right, dancers performed at the campus during a past Hispanic History celebration. Other events such as Diwali, Chinese Lunar New Year and Holi are also celebrated.

Scandale family in front of named engineering lab

Scandale family

Recently, Diane Scandale made a gift to have the Engineering Building’s Manufacturing Lab, named in her husband Nicholas’s memory. Pictured here are members of the Scandale family with Penn State officials in front of the Manufacturing Lab. From left:  Penn State Director of Development Chris Ostroski, Ron Winkler, Susan Winkler, Robert Winkler, Diane Scandale, Greg Scandale and Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa. Missing from photo is granddaughter Julia Winkler.  

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Nursing student jessica kehl

Nursing student Jessica Kehl has has a long and challenging path to Penn State Scranton and becoming a college student; but the single mother of three is pushing forward with everything she has, and is now a dean's list Honors Program student at the campus. Hanging on the wall of her home office, behind her left shoulder, is a framed letter from Chancellor Marwan Wafa congratulating her on making dean's list last fall, and this spring, she made dean's list for the second consecutive time.

jessica kehl

jessica kehl

Nursing student Jessica Kehl has has a long and challenging path to Penn State Scranton and becoming a college student; but the single mother of three is pushing forward with everything she has, and is now a dean's list Honors Program student at the campus. On her living room wall, behind her left shoulder, is a framed letter from Chancellor Marwan Wafa congratulating her on making dean's list last fall, and this spring, she made dean's list for the second consecutive time.

Jessica Kehl

Jessica Kehl

Nursing student Jessica Kehl has has a long and challenging path to Penn State Scranton and becoming a college student; but the single mother of three is pushing forward with everything she has, and is now a dean's list Honors Program student at the campus. On her living room wall, behind her left shoulder, is a framed letter from Chancellor Marwan Wafa congratulating her on making dean's list last fall, and this spring, she made dean's list for the second consecutive time.