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Students are advised to practice CDC recommended actions while on campus such as masking, social distancing and frequent hand washing to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Excellence in Academic Advising Award: Assistant Teaching Professor of Business and Business and Project and Supply Chain Management Programs Coordinator James Wilkerson

Excellence in Teaching and Service Award for Part-Time Faculty: Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology Maripat O’Donnell (Photo not available.)

David and Joyce Mack Tressler Fund for Professional Development recipient: Coordinator of Athletic Programs Sara Rinkunas, who through the funding will be able to participate in the Leadership Lackawanna Core Program

Excellence in Administrative Services Award: Instructional Designer Griff Lewis

K. Bruce Sherbine Penn State Proud Award: Registrar Allison Burns

Excellence in Support Services Award: Administrative Support Assistant to the Advising and Learning Centers Sarah Tichenor.

Advisory Board Award for Teaching: Assistant Teaching Professor of English Kara Stone

Gertrude Hawk Chocolates Service Award: Associate Professor of HDFS Raymond Petren

Dr. Richard J. & Sally Matthews Award for Scholarly Activity: Assistant Professor of Corporate Communication Xialing Lin.

Sara Rinkunas has been named the March Employee of the Month at Penn State Scranton.

Dr. Gregory Jenkins, the keynote speaker for the 2021 Penn State Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium,  is a professor in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at Penn State University and director of the Alliance for Education, Sciences, Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA).  He also serves as the director to the EnvironMentors program at Penn State.