Penn State Scranton campus leaders held a town hall on Thursday evening for students and families to provide them with needed information as they prepare to return to campus on Monday, Aug. 24.
Penn State Scranton has a friendly new face in the campus bookstore. Diane Hoyt-Green recently assumed her duties as the new bookstore manager, replacing Diane Slater, who retired at the end of June after serving many years in the role.
Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa has named Eileen Giovagnoli, associate director of Learning and Disability Services, Academic Affairs the campus' September Employee of the Month.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State Scranton and Wilkes University’s collaborative Family Business Alliance (FBA) has continued to offer engaging and enlightening online programming on a range of issues relevant to the workplace. For its first event of the fall 2020 semester, it examined the especially timely issue of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and on college campuses.
This fall, Penn State Scranton’s Admission office is continuing its series of informative, engaging and convenient virtual recruitment events for prospective students. All events will be held virtually. In addition to the annual Fall Open House, there are also academic showcases and virtual visits planned.
The Scranton LaunchBox, powered by Penn State Scranton, was supported this past year by a $2,500 award from the Scranton Area Community Foundation to help with rent costs for its entrepreneurial pre-incubator in South Scranton.
In an era of remote teaching and learning, PaSSS program leaders have translated the robust, multi-faceted experience into a format which students could complete from home, and the results have been inspiring.
