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Matt Nied

Matt Nied

Matt Nied is assistant director of Programs, Unions and Students at Penn State Scranton.

Dr. Raymond Petren

Dr. Raymond Petren

Dr. Raymond Petren, assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State Scranton, has been named a Top 50 Reviewer by Family Relations, an international journal of applied family studies and a journal of the National Council on Family Relations.

Melnick.McElroy

Researchers to study conditions at senior centers across the Commonwealth

Janet Melnick, associate teaching professor in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State Scranton, and Heather Shanks-McElroy of Keystone College are collaborating on a research project focusing on conditions at senior community centers throughout Pennsylvania to determine how they are meeting the needs of older Pennsylvanians.
Doctors Melnick and McElroy

Melnick and McElroy

Janet Melnick, at left, associate teaching professor in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State Scranton, and Heather Shanks-McElroy, Keystone College, are collaborating on a research project focusing on state senior centers.

Mallas receives scannell award

Penn State Scranton Athletic Director Jeff Mallas receives Scannell Award

Penn State Scranton Athletic Director Jeff Mallas was named to the Robert J. Scannell Roll of Honor at the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference's annual awards luncheon on May 23. The honor is bestowed upon an athletics administrator, coach, faculty or staff member who has served Commonwealth Campus athletics, intramurals and recreation programs with distinction.
Mallas receiving award

Mallas receives Scannell Award

Penn State Scranton Athletics Director Jeff Mallas, center, was named to the Robert J. Scannell Roll of Honor at PSUAC's annual awards luncheon May 23. With him are Maureen Cooper, director of Commonwealth Campus athletics for the office of Ethics and Compliance, left; and Ryan Ehrie, assistant director of Commonwealth Campus athletics. 

FBA speaker James Kane

James Kane

James Kane, a leading researcher and authority on what makes someone truly loyal-to another person, to an organization, or to a cause was the guest speaker for the Family Business Alliance's 20th Anniversary Dinner.
As a behavioral scientist and consultant, he has helped some of the largest and most well-known organizations in the world, including Apple, Amazon, Zappos, and Cleveland Clinic, Marriott International, and Major League Baseball.