The students, staff and faculty at Penn State Scranton extend their wishes for a happy, safe and healthy holiday season to everyone in both our campus and local communities.
Penn State Scranton has added three community leaders to its Advisory Board and elected a new chair and vice chair, Chancellor Marwan Wafa announced. New members are Michael Rescigno, Nancy Sarno de los Rios and Jahan Tabatabaie.
At the Penn State Alumni Association's recent Fall Alumni Council Volunteer Awards banquet at University Park, the Penn State Scranton Alumni Society shared the Joint Activity Award with the Wilkes-Barre and Schuylkill alumni societies and the Hazleton Chapter of the Alumni Association. From left are: Tracy Riegel, Alumni Council awards committee chair; Carl Rosenberger, Schuylkill volunteer; Rocco Formica, Hazleton volunteer; Jonathan Sinclair, Wilkes-Barre volunteer; and Dave Lucas, president, Penn State Scranton Alumni Society.
The Penn State Scranton Alumni Society and the Greater Scranton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association were both lauded for their good works at the Penn State Alumni Association’s annual Fall Alumni Council Volunteer Awards banquet.
The Human Development and Family Studies Community Club at Penn State Scranton hosted its third and final Educational Awareness Luncheon with a special presentation on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease by Janet Melnick, HDFS program coordinator and associate teaching professor in HDFS. The presentation, given last month, was to commemorate National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
Members of the Penn State Scranton Chorale perform at the annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Dunmore's Grace Bible Church. The free community concert was attended by more than 400 people; another concert is slated for the campus community on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
More than 400 members of the community came out to see Penn State Scranton’s three musical ensembles — Penn State Scranton Chorale, Roc[k]tet and Campus Jazz Band — present their annual Holiday Concert last weekend. Another concert is scheduled for Dec. 11 in campus' View Cafe so faculty, staff and students can enjoy some holiday cheer.
Kara Stone, assistant teaching professor of English at Penn State Scranton, recently organized an opportunity for students in her Literature and Society course to attend the annual Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award dinner honoring Madeline Miller, held at the University of Scranton.
Penn State Scranton Assistant Teaching Professor in English Dr. Kara Stone, second from left, and students Micah Cameron, Emily Schick and Gabby McFey pose with bestselling author Madeline Miller, second from right, at the University of Scranton Weinberg Memorial Library's recent Distinguished Author Award dinner honoring Miller.
