Students were recognized for their scholastic accomplishments at the annual Academic Achievement Awards ceremony on Thursday, May 5, in the Dr. Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium at Penn State Hazleton.
Penn State Hazleton celebrated its Class of 2022 and welcomed back members of its Class of 2020 during its 52nd annual spring commencement ceremony Friday, May 6.
Elizabeth J. Wright, associate dean of academic affairs in Penn State’s Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and director of academic affairs at Penn State Hazleton, has been named chancellor at Penn State Hazleton. Wright will officially assume her new role on July 1, 2022.
Author and Holocaust survivor Hanna Wechsler recently spoke to the Penn State Hazleton campus community as part of its observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Penn State Schuylkill nursing students collected soil samples from various campus locations, later testing them for antibiotic discovery in an increasinglyantibiotic-resistant world.
Three students presented four research presentations at Penn State Schuylkill's spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishments Symposium, held on campus on Wednesday, April 27.
Left: Amanda Charowsky presented "Sabers and Shortguns: The Continental Cavalry in the Philadelphia and Saratoga Campaigns." Faculty adviser: Harold Aurand Jr.
Center: Carol Rayos presented "Analysis of Government Laws and Ethics in Celebrity Cases of Whistleblowing from 1971-2021," with faculty adviser Juyoung Song. Rayos also presented "It is Time to raise the JLWOP Bar to 21 and Up," with faculty adviser Ronald Kelly.
Right: Bethany Haag presented "The Development of Peer Academic Coaching: A New Trend in Academia." Faculty adviser: Darlene Young.
Jessica Petko, associate professor of biology and science at Penn State York, delivers her guest speaker presentation about the arachnid research she conducts.