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Melissa LaBuda with students, including Rose Morel and Brenda Olmedo, discussing the Fall 2024 HIVER virtual competition.

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HDFS 301: Values and Ethics in the Helping Professions students presenting research findings from their EDGE project.

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Scranton professor conducts virtual exchange with Egyptian university

Melissa LaBuda, assistant professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Scranton, recently completed an Experiential Digital Global Engagement project with students from her course, HDFS 301: Values and Ethics in the Helping Professions and partners from Helwan University, Egypt. Her students then proceeded to participate in the Harnessing Innovation through Virtual Exchange for Enhanced Results (HIVER) program.
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Student Adam Horan, an IT major with a Cybersecurity option, shares a laugh with lecturer and faculty advisor Fred Aebli while going over an assignment for the ETI Database Management and Administration class.