For the first time, three students received this year's prestigious Chancellor's Student Worker Service Award at Penn State Scranton. "It's always a very hard choice when there are multiple students nominated, and this year, the nominees were all so exceptional, I just couldn't bring myself to choose just one," said Chancellor Marwan Wafa.
Penn State Scranton Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Alan Peslak has been recognized with a Meritorious Paper Award for his outstanding contributions at the Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals (ISCAP) Conference.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Assistant Director of Athletics, Intramurals, and Recreation Sara Rinkunas is Employee of the Month for January.
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) has introduced the inaugural Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee for the 2023-24 academic year. The committee will play a pivotal role in guiding TLT and University IT in integrating technology into teaching and learning practices at Penn State.
Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Athletic Program Specialist and Athletics Head Softball Coach Mar Tsakonas is Penn State Scranton's Employee of the Month for December.
On Nov. 28, Penn State Scranton invites its campus, local and alumni communities to join the GivingTuesday initiative and support the campus' campaign to raise enough money to purchase a utility task vehicle (UTV) for the campus' Athletics Department.
At an event held on Oct. 31, leaders from the Student Philanthropy Network announced that the class of 2024 has voted to create the University Park Undergraduate Association Basic Needs Endowment as their class gift. The fund will provide sustained support for students facing hardships in pursuit of their degree.
In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Penn State Scranton's Disability Rights, Education Advocacy and Mentoring (DREAMers) Club hosted Sara Wolff, a native of northeast Pennsylvania, as a guest speaker on Oct. 19.
Assistant Professor of Business Loan “Emily” Pham, recently presented her research during this semester’s first Brown Bag Lunch Seminar series at Penn State Scranton. Her talk, titled “Faculty's Turnover Intention in Vietnamese Public Universities: The Impact of Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety, and Job Embeddedness,” explores the critical issue of employee turnover in Vietnamese public universities.
