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Penn State Scranton is appealing to the generosity of its supporters for this year’s seventh, University-wide GivingTuesday initiative, which will launch early at 6:55 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 29 — or 18:55 in military time, a nod to the year of Penn State's founding — and run until midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 30. The campus’ goal for this year’s #GivingTuesday is to raise $3,000 in support of enhancing the educational and athletic experiences of the student-athletes who participate in our 10 intercollegiate programs.

Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has announced that Campus Police Officer John (Jay) McDevitt is the campus' December Employee of the Month.

Penn State Scranton is hosting a holiday tree decorating competition among the faculty and staff departments of the campus to benefit THON.

Penn State Scranton will present two annual holiday concerts as a gift to the Scranton and campus communities. The first performance will be 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College in downtown Scranton. The second will be held at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 8, in The View Cafe in the campus' Study Learning Center. Both performances are free and open to anyone wishing to attend. 

Current president and professor of marketing at the University of Louisville will take office this spring semester.

Thanks to a generous gift from the Keystone Sanitary Landfill and the DeNaples family, Penn State Scranton’s Center for Business Development and Community Outreach will be coordinating a course for high school juniors and seniors that is part of a program focusing on environmental studies at the campus, as well as offering a youth summer camp program for younger children. 

Corporate Communication majors Molly Morgan and Deyniel Desarden-Ruperto were recently inducted into the campus' Lamda Pi Eta honor society. The new inductees were celebrated by Kim Flanders, corporate communication program coordinator, members of the corporate communication club, and members of the Penn State Scranton faculty and staff. 

Penn State Scranton's Center for Business Development and Community Outreach recently partnered with the city of Scranton and the Scranton Police Department to conduct the newly developed Penn State BLUE program, which provides diversity training for law enforcement officers.

Maintenance and Operations employee Marvin McCloe is the January Employee of the Month at Penn State Scranton.

Penn State Scranton will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Tuesday, Jan. 18, with a special speaker, "The Voice of Selma" Bettie Mae Fikes, when it celebrates its sixth annual MLK Day Celebration and Excellence in Diversity Awards.