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The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton hosted two on-campus events to help educate other health care professionals in the local community.

group of nurses receiving instruction in nursing sim lab

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The Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Scranton hosted two on-campus events to help educate other health care professionals in the local community.

A graphic showing Penn State Scranton's four campus badges. The graphic says "Campus Badge Programs" at the top with graphics for the Media Production, Course Design, Accessibility and Canvas Learning Path badges.

Campus Badge Program

There are currently four different badge programs tailored for Penn State Scranton faculty and staff to learn new skills.The Media Production Badge is a newly offered course for faculty and staff. The Course Design Badge is four sessions that include consulting with the campus instructional designer for creating a new course or revising an existing course. The Accessibility Badge program starts Thursday, Sept. 14, and participants will learn Penn State accessibility requirements and create a Canvas course utilizing Universal Design for Learning principles.  The Canvas Learning Path Badge takes place in five sessions and includes consulting with the campus instructional designer to review a completed course.

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Over the past eight years, Penn State Scranton has offered a variety of "badge" programs each semester through its information technology department that allow faculty and staff to enhance their professional and technical skills, as well as classroom learning development, benefiting faculty taking the programs and the students they teach, as well as the campus' administrative office operations.

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The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.

Members of a band hold instruments while standing around a black car

Las Cafeteras.jpg

The musicians of Las Cafeteras — Jose Cano, Denise Carlos, David Flores, Hector Flores, Daniel French, and Leah Gallegos — fashion a patchwork quilt of “urgent, relevant music” with infectious live performances. Las Cafeteras will present a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.