After the sudden announcement that classes would be delivered remotely, due to restrictions put in place by state officials in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the campus' tutoring and writing centers met the challenge head on, getting virtual tutoring and academic assistance in place for students in need of these services.
Following a March 19 announcement by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to end physical operations at many businesses statewide, Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Nicholas P. Jones shared the following message with the University community.
Jody Griffith, assistant teaching professor in English and composition coordinator at Penn State Scranton, recently finished her first book, "Victorian Structures: Architecture, Society, and Narrative," published by SUNY Press.
Penn State Scranton’s Corporate Communication program recently added two new members to the campus chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the official honor society of the National Communication Association.
Recently, the campus honors program hosted a presentation featuring the unique cultural perspectives of four foreign-born students: Christian Toussaint, a junior originally from Haiti; Fagr Mahana, a sophomore from Egypt; Huynh (Quinn) Nguyen, a sophomore from Vietnam; and Nimrod Chapo, a freshman from Israel.
Marlene Carson, CEO of The Switch Anti-Trafficking Network, will serve as the keynote speaker at the Child and Human Sex Trafficking Symposium on Monday, March 30. The event is being presented by the campus' Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) program. It is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Scranton Alumni Society will hold its annual Breakfast with the Nittany Lion on Sunday, March 22 from 9 a.m. to noon in the campus' View Cafe, inside the Study Learning Center. Tickets will be available at the door, or can be purchased by calling 570-963-2536.
This year, Penn State Scranton will celebrate Women’s "Herstory" Month with many events throughout March — from the fun and light-hearted, to more academic-focused events.
Local author Seamus McGraw will lead a conversation on how to discuss the hot-button issue of climate change in the middle of a cultural cold war at 6 p.m. March 31 at Penn State Scranton's Study Learning Center's Sherbine Lounge. Come prepared to listen, but also to talk.
