Penn State Scranton will present two annual holiday concerts as a gift to the Scranton and campus communities. The first performance will be 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College in downtown Scranton. The second will be held at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 8, in The View Cafe in the campus' Study Learning Center. Both performances are free and open to anyone wishing to attend.
Penn State Scranton is appealing to the generosity of its supporters for this year’s seventh, University-wide GivingTuesday initiative, which will launch early at 6:55 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 29 — or 18:55 in military time, a nod to the year of Penn State's founding — and run until midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The campus’ goal for this year’s #GivingTuesday is to raise $3,000 in support of enhancing the educational and athletic experiences of the student-athletes who participate in our 10 intercollegiate programs.
The Penn State Scranton Indian Student Association, in coordination with Penn State Global, will be hosting a celebration of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, on Sunday, Nov. 14.
In alignment with the recent announcement from the White House on federal vaccination requirements, all Penn State employees at all locations are now subject to a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The deadline for employees to receive their final dose of a vaccine is Jan. 4, 2022
The HDFS Community Club, the Campus Activities Board, and the Student Nurses Association at Penn State Scranton are putting together a food drive for students and their families during the holiday season. The food drive is now underway and will run until Nov. 19.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Writing Center Coordinator Kate Lafferty Danner has been named the campus' Employee of the Month for November.
Michael Sidney Fosberg, founder of Incognito Inc., grew up believing he was white; then, in his early 30s, he learned that he is actually Black. On Thursday, Nov. 4 at noon in the Study Learning Center’s Sherbine Lounge, he will present, “Nobody Wants to Talk About It – Race, Identity and the Difficulties in Forging Meaningful Conversations”.
