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Chancellor Wafa addressing students at the annual Student Recognition Awards

Dr. Wafa addressing students at awards ceremony

Penn State Scranton Chancellor Marwan Wafa makes opening remarks at the 2021 Student Recognition Awards Ceremony, congratulating them for their accomplishments and celebrating the fact that the event was able to be held in person this year.  

Nursing students deliver gift baskets to nursing home residents

Nursing students deliver gift baskets to nursing home residents

The Penn State Scranton Student Nurses Association (SNA) delivered care packages and handwritten messages to the residents at Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center prior to the Easter holiday. SNA students making the delivery included Hannah Tolerico and Stacey Pusti. The club organized and collected activity and crafting items, hygiene products, and word puzzle books, along with uplifting handwritten messages by Penn State Scranton nursing students.

Campus nursing student prepares to give flu shot to student

Fall student flu shot clinic

During the fall semester, the nursing majors held a walk-up flu vaccine clinic for their fellow campus students, and participated in several community events, among them Regional Hospital of Scranton’s Flu Kickoff Campaign. Here, nursing student Drashti Patel sterilizes the spot on Avani Patel's arm, prior to giving her the vaccine.

Penn State Scranton alumna Allyson Favuzza, left, and graduating nursing student Kellen Kraky

Co-owners of Hometown Health Care of NEPA

Penn State Scranton alumna Allyson Favuzza, left, and graduating nursing student Kellen Kraky are the co-owners of Covington Twp.-based primary care practice Hometown Health Care of NEPA. Recently, the two have been coordinating a series of COVID-19 mass vaccination clinics, all of which have included student and faculty volunteers from the campus nursing program. 

gift baskets for residents of carbondale nursing home

Gift baskets for residents of Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

The Penn State Scranton Student Nurses Association (SNA) delivered care packages and handwritten messages to the residents at Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center prior to the Easter holiday. SNA students making the delivery included Hannah Tolerico and Stacey Pusti. The club organized and collected activity and crafting items, hygiene products, and word puzzle books, along with uplifting handwritten messages by Penn State Scranton nursing students.

Penn State nursing students pose for a photo at a recent vaccination clinic held at North Pocono High School

NOrth pocono vaccination clinic

Penn State nursing students pose for a photo at a recent vaccination clinic held at North Pocono High School by Hometown Healthcare of NEPA, a local company run by campus nursing alumna Allyson Favuzza, left, and graduating nursing student Kellen Kraky. Pictured here, from left, are:  Nic Giordano, Nursing Instructor Mary Beth Mecca, Sierra Gibbs, Sarah Fastenau and Courtney Varcoe.

Photo of Harman Singh posing in front of Nittany Lion statue

Harman Singh

Harman Singh, of Chandigarh, India, is a geography major in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

Head-and-shoulders photo of Neila Raveen

Neila Raveen

Neila Raveen, of Toronto, Ontario, is a biobehavioral health major at Penn State Greater Allegheny.