High-achieving students, faculty and staff at Penn State Scranton were honored last month at the campus' annual Spring Honors Awards Dinner held to publicly recognize the award recipients. Marwan Wafa, chancellor, second from right, with the recipients of the Fourth Year, Outstanding Scholar Awards, from left: Aaron Panfini, Jillian Kochmer and Hannah Woody.
The 30th Annual Penn State Scranton Alumni Society/James D. Gallagher Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, June 18 at the Country Club of Scranton. Members involved in planning the annual golf tournament include, from left, Chris Franchetti, Scranton; Dave Lucas, Old Forge; Society President Kathy Zielinski, Scranton; Jo Ann Durdan, Clarks Summit; Golf Co-Chair Kathy Casarin, Archbald; Jahan Tabatabaie, Moosic; Michele Jones, Old Forge; Dawn Bauman, Moscow; Angela Schuback, Old Forge; Dave Kaminski, South Abington Twp; and Renee Arledge, Madison Township.
Dr. Jason Hanyon has established a scholarship at Penn State Scranton to benefit academically successful students with economic need. The $100,000 endowed scholarship utilized a First-Time Endowed Scholarship match from Penn State.
Dr. Jason Hanyon, far right, has established a new scholarship at Penn State Scranton to benefit academically successful students at the campus with economic need. With him, from left, are: Penn State Scranton Director of Development Christine Ostroski and Dr. Marwan Wafa, chancellor.
Penn State Scranton honored several faculty and staff members at its annual Spring Honors Awards Dinner this year for their contributions to the campus.
Dr. Meg Hatch, associate professor of biology and co-coordinator of the science program at Penn State Scranton, was the recipient of this year's Penn State Scranton Advisory Board Award for Teaching. Chancellor Marwan Wafa presented her with the honor at this year's annual Spring Honors Awards dinner.
Nursing graduates took part in the annual Pinning Ceremony, a tradition held at Penn State Scranton for new nurses entering into the profession and posed for the annual photo next to the Nursing Suite, another annual tradition.
The pinning ceremony, an annual tradition at Penn State Scranton, is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession. Nursing faculty present the new graduates with the Penn State College of Nursing's official pin.
