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Chancellor Marwan Wafa speaking at podium with MLK Jr image on screen behind him

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Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa addresses attendees at the campus' eighth annual MLK Day Celebration last month, which featured Minniejean Brown Trickey as the keynote speaker.

artist's rendering showing the new glass and red brick front and rear facades of the Library Building

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Architectural renderings show what the front and rear facades will look like post-renovation. At left is the new entranceway to the campus' Library, and at right, the new facade and entry to the renovated Nursing Suite.

artist's rendering of main floor library space inside main entrance

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An architectural rendering shows what the main floor of the library space inside of the main entrance will look like once work is complete. The space will feature more natural light, as well as a variety of seating areas to provide indivdual, group and technology study areas, as well as casual seating and an updated instruction classroom.

photo of architectural rendering of new patient simulator lab

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An architectural rendering shows what the Nursing Suite's new patient simulator lab will look like after the renovation is complete -- a much larger, more modern space with new technology and amenities, to provide nursing students with a state-of-the-art facility.

study tables and chairs, along with staff desks and bookshelves are set up in Dawson 10

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Some select book collections, such as the campus' Graphic Novel/Manga collection, along with popular fiction and DVDs have been set up inside Room 10 of the Dawson Building, the campus library's new home for the next year. There are also study spaces, computers and the library's 3D printer in this temporary space for student use.

hospital beds with patient simulators on them, and a conference table and chairs in GCC 112, the temporary home for nursing

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Two classroom spaces in the Gallagher Conference Center -- 109 and 110 -- are now home to the nursing program's patient simulator lab, as well as conference table/debriefing area; other supplies have been set up along the perimeter of the room and faculty offices have been relocated as well.

The main floor and circulation desk of the library now empty of all furniture and books

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Library and maintenance staff worked over the winter break to remove all of the library's furniture, books, computers and shelving in preparation for work to begin on a major renovation of the 53-year-old building.

construction tape cordons off campus library entrance at start of renovation project

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Construction tape cordons off the area surrounding the campus Library Building at the start of a major renovation project last month. The Library Building, which also houses the campus' Nursing Suite, will be offline until the completion of the project, which is slated for January, 2024.

Group of casually dressed student volunteers pose for a photo at a table

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Penn State Scranton Assistant Business Professor Angela Bassani and her students are again volunteering with the IRS VITA program, where they help individuals filing their annual taxes. Seated, from left are: Laxmi Dahal, Cameron Mackerley and Celeste Juarez. Standing, from left are: Tanner Begin, Austin Lipinski, Rebecca Tomczyk, Angela Bassani, Jordan Coles, Erica Yatzun, Charles McAvoy and Swapnil Bhatt.

Group of casually dressed student volunteers pose for a photo at a table

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Penn State Scranton Assistant Business Professor Angela Bassani and her students are again volunteering with the IRS VITA program, where they help individuals filing their annual taxes. Seated, from left are: Laxmi Dahal, Cameron Mackerley and Celeste Juarez. Standing, from left are: Tanner Begin, Austin Lipinski, Rebecca Tomczyk, Angela Bassani, Jordan Coles, Erica Yatzun, Charles McAvoy and Swapnil Bhatt.