This year’s Greater Scranton Penn State Chapter annual dinner will take place June 8 at Fiorelli's in Peckville and feature some well-known Penn Staters, while honoring the memory of Stephen “Doc” Weissberger, a man who was synonymous with the chapter and the ultimate Penn State fan.
Jennie Levine Knies, associate dean for Commonwealth Campus Libraries and head librarian for the Scranton Campus Library at Penn State Scranton, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC). MARAC is a nonprofit, volunteer-run association of archivists and cultural heritage professionals throughout the mid-Atlantic region whose work is centered on the administration, preservation, and use of archival records and related historical research materials.
Looking to help further expand the knowledge and skillsets of peer writing tutors at Penn State Scranton, Assistant Teaching Professor of English Jody Griffith and Writing Center Coordinator Jaime Mosher took two of them the two-day Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Associations (MAWCA) conference at Bryn Mawr College earlier this semester.
Ten Penn State organizations will co-sponsor the 12th annual Penn State Day at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, May 20. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. at Pavilion M. The program will begin at 11 a.m., which includes lunch, a performance by the Alumni Blue Band, an appearance by the Nittany Lion, and prize raffles. This event is open to Penn State alumni, family and friends.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that maintenance and operations staff member Jeremy DeGroat has been named the campus' Employee of the Month for May.
A new research program for students will be launched this coming fall: The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Undergraduate Student Research Fund aims to support student-led projects in different fields. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in research, scholarship, and artistic efforts. They will be responsible for creating their own research problems, study proposals, methodologies, and presenting their findings.
Penn State Commonwealth Campuses offer more than a dozen shared programs. These programs, offered across campuses, are supported by a dedicated group of faculty who work together in communities with other faculty, librarians, advisers, campus registrars and student affairs to support students and their experiences in and out of the classroom.
Penn State Scranton’s chapter of the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society recently inducted three new members at a special ceremony held on campus.
This year marked the eighth annual Big Idea Competition, an opportunity that encourages entrepreneurship among the student population at Penn State Scranton through creating enterprising business concepts.
Penn State Scranton students Taylor Burdick and Kristie Miller spent part of their spring semester interning at The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, where they personally experienced the educational benefits of doing an internship, while also learning about economic development in northeast Pennsylvania and the opportunities that exist here for both companies and potential employees and entrepreneurs.
