"I came back to graduate with the Penn State Scranton Class of 2019 because I never feel like just a number here. I know everyone and they know me by name, including Chancellor Wafa." ~ Margi Shah, '19.
Penn State Scranton hosted the annual Student Ambassador Program, a legislative competition featuring high school seniors from Sen. John Blake's 22nd Senatorial District. During the event, Blake presented Chancellor Marwan Wafa with an official Pennsylvania Senate citation commemorating the campus' 50th anniversary.
Senator John Blake, at left, presents Dr. Marwan Wafa with an official Pennsylvania Senate citation commemorating Penn State Scranton's 50th anniversary. At right is State Representative Kyle Mullins.
At this year's annual meeting of the Academy of Management, set for Aug. 9-13 in Boston, Penn State Scranton Assistant Professor of Business Jiexin Wang will co-chair a symposium titled "Understanding Consequences of Workaholism: Mechanisms, Boundary Condition, and Cross-Level Effects.”
Later this summer, Penn State Scranton Assistant Professor of Business Jiexin Wang will discuss the corrosive effects of workaholism at one of the country’s most prestigious management conferences.
Paul Frisch, lecturer in history, speaks to a full room at this year's last Lunch and Learn lecture, a series that takes place throughout the academic year allowing faculty and students to give presentations to the campus communitiy on their research, projects, and areas of interest. Frisch's lecture was a colorful recounting of Parliament’s activities in 14th- and 15th-century England.
Paul Frisch, lecturer in history, arts and humanities, delved into medieval English history for the final Lunch and Learn lecture of Penn State Scranton’s spring semester. His talk, “The Wonderful and Merciless Parliaments: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned About Medieval Treason,” was a colorful recounting of Parliament’s activities in 14th-century England.
From July 22 to Aug. 9, Penn State Scranton's Center for Business Development and Community Outreach will offer its English Language Development Summer College Preparedness Program to high school students or graduates whose primary language is other than English.
