Dr. Jason Hanyon, far right, has established a new scholarship at Penn State Scranton to benefit academically successful students at the campus with economic need. With him, from left, are: Penn State Scranton Director of Development Christine Ostroski and Dr. Marwan Wafa, chancellor.
Dr. Jason Hanyon has established a scholarship at Penn State Scranton to benefit academically successful students with economic need. The $100,000 endowed scholarship utilized a First-Time Endowed Scholarship match from Penn State.
The 30th Annual Penn State Scranton Alumni Society/James D. Gallagher Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, June 18 at the Country Club of Scranton. Members involved in planning the annual golf tournament include, from left, Chris Franchetti, Scranton; Dave Lucas, Old Forge; Society President Kathy Zielinski, Scranton; Jo Ann Durdan, Clarks Summit; Golf Co-Chair Kathy Casarin, Archbald; Jahan Tabatabaie, Moosic; Michele Jones, Old Forge; Dawn Bauman, Moscow; Angela Schuback, Old Forge; Dave Kaminski, South Abington Twp; and Renee Arledge, Madison Township.
High-achieving students, faculty and staff at Penn State Scranton were honored last month at the campus' annual Spring Honors Awards Dinner held to publicly recognize the award recipients. Marwan Wafa, chancellor, second from right, with the recipients of the Fourth Year, Outstanding Scholar Awards, from left: Aaron Panfini, Jillian Kochmer and Hannah Woody.
Each year, Penn State Scranton honors those individuals from its staff, faculty and student body who have enriched the academic fabric of the campus, with special awards that recognize their accomplishments in select disciplines and/or student leadership and service. The awards are presented each spring at a special dinner honoring the recipients.
The Greater Scranton Penn State Chapter's 2018 “Penn State Night” dinner on Wednesday, May 23, will feature Nittany Lions Head Football Coach James Franklin.
Fred Aebli, IST lecturer and program co-coordinator at Penn State Scranton, receives his 2018 Atherton Teaching Award from Dr. Nicholas P. Jones, executive vice president and provost at Penn State.
Fred Aebli, information sciences and technology program co-coordinator and lecturer at Penn State Worthington Scranton, was one of this year's recipients of the 2018 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The award, named after Penn State’s seventh president, honors excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.
John Champagne, professor of English and chair of the Global Languages and Cultures program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has been named Penn State Laureate for the 2018-19 academic year.
