Student peer tutors in Penn State Scranton’s Learning and Writing Center recently had the chance to showcase their research to a University-wide audience.
Penn State Scranton IST Lecturer and Program Co-Coordinator Fred Aebli, finding himself struggling to adapt to the demands of online teaching at the outset of the pandemic, created “Teacher’s Pep Rally,” a weekly podcast Aebli hosts with three K-12 teachers from the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that John Krehel, in the campus' maintenance and operations department, has been named the July Employee of the Month.
The JumpStart mentoring program aims to retain and sustain first- and second-year students by connecting them with peer and faculty/staff mentors and other advocates of the Penn State Scranton campus community who can help them navigate the transition to college life.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Senior Admissions Counselor and Enrollment Marketing Specialist Julie Bialkowski has been named the campus' Employee of the Month for August.
Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 conditions around the country and in Pennsylvania, effective immediately (Aug. 4), Penn State will require all students, faculty, staff and visitors — including those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear masks indoors at all campuses. Within the last 24 hours, many counties that are home to Penn State campuses have shifted to “orange” status, warranting an immediate adjustment to the University’s on-campus masking requirement.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, including meetings, tabling, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
In a move designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 on Penn State campuses, the union representing about 2,600 technical service employees, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
For years, Penn State Scranton has strived to provide first-generation college students with all the necessary tools to make their undergraduate experience a successful one. Today, the campus’ commitment to this unique demographic remains as strong as ever. First-generation students remain a substantial percentage of Scranton’s overall student population, and about 47% of this fall’s new incoming students currently fall under that designation.
Penn State students, faculty and staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and those who have not shared with the University that they are fully vaccinated will be required to test weekly for COVID-19 throughout the fall semester, or until they share with the University that they have been fully vaccinated.
