Penn State President Eric Barron and a panel of local and industry leaders and entrepreneurs appeared in Harrisburg on Nov. 9 for a hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee. Titled “Improving Pennsylvania's Innovation Economy: Invent Penn State,” the hearing focused on Penn State’s efforts to drive economic development, job creation, entrepreneurship and innovation, and student career success through the Invent Penn State initiative.
Penn State Hazleton will welcome King’s College Professor of Economics Margarita Rose at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, for a virtual lecture entitled “Small Loans for Big Change: Microfinance in Latin America and East Africa.” The hour-long lecture is organized by the campus’ Latinx Culture Club and Office of Academic Affairs.
The Hazleton LaunchBox supported by Pasco L. Schiavo, Esq. will host more than a dozen events geared toward learning, innovation and entrepreneurship from Nov. 8-12 during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Penn State Hazleton Associate Teaching Professor of Information Sciences and Technology Barbara Brazon has been recognized with the College of Information Sciences and Technology Faculty Member of the Year Award.
Memories of food and housing struggles as a college student provided the motivation for Patrick Kinney and his wife, Patricia, to make a financial commitment to The Lion’s Pantry, an on-campus food pantry that provides groceries to students, free of charge, and the University’s Student Care & Advocacy Student Emergency Fund, a fund that helps students facing unexpected hardships as they work to complete their college degree.
The team behind a comic-book series featuring true stories of heroism during the Holocaust recently spoke with Penn State Hazleton students about bravery, resilience and standing up to wrongdoing.
Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses have a lot in common with the University Park campus — great students, athletes, faculty, researchers, traditions … and ghosts.
Full-time faculty are encouraged to consider submitting a request for proposal to develop and offer courses focused on diversity, equity and inclusion for the Digital Learning Cooperative during the 2022-23 academic year.
Christopher Kostelnik will supervise the campus residence hall community and communicate closely with residential students, supporting them in areas of co-curricular learning, counseling, conflict resolution, crisis management, mediation, discipline and leadership development.
