Students intrigued in harvesting energy from wind and sun are drawn to Penn State Hazleton, the only campus in the university's system that offers a bachelor's degree in the engineering of power systems and alternative energy.
Two Penn State Hazleton alumni are among the field of twenty-two alumni to be honored for their outstanding professional achievements and given the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
The Alumni Fellow recipients who attended the Hazleton campus are Gary Ralph Matyas '78, Olney, Md., and Susan Saint Sing '78, '04g, Stuart, Fla.
Penn State World Campus student Tyler Knabb of Reading will embark on a cycling journey Oct. 22 to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. His 920-mile, eight-day cycling trip is in memory of his mother and friend who lost their battles with cancer.
Tyler Knabb of Reading prepares for his 920-mile, eight-day cycling trip to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. He will start his quest Oct. 22, traveling in a heart-shaped route through Pennsylvania that will take him to 11 Penn State campuses.
Dr. Gary Lawler, Penn State Hazleton chancellor, recently announced that the campus administration building will be renamed Pasco L. Schiavo Hall in recognition of Schiavo's recent $1 million gift to the campus to create a scholarship endowment for campus students.
Four brothers who started college at Penn State Hazleton continue to make the campus a place where students can get their start.
Joseph, Mark, Gary and Kevin Lamont all graduated from Penn State and went on to successful careers in communications technology, labor mediation, finance and real estate. Their sister, Mary Beth Poluka's son, Michael, also is a Penn Stater.
They get together with each other and their children, many of whom also went to Penn State, at football games and other university events.
