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Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences Daniel Hans Mansson spoke Swedish into his office computer at Penn State Hazleton. From their native country, his mother answered. Maintaining relationships is a specialty of Mansson, not just with his mother, but also in his research. Mansson often studies traits and relational characteristics that solidify relationships, whether between students and teachers; grandparents and grandchildren; friends on Facebook, or mentors and protégés.

With more than 80 friends, faculty, alumni and students in attendance, Penn State Hazleton held a reception on Fri., April 30, to launch For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, the largest university-wide fundraising effort in Penn State history.

A $1 million scholarship endowment to benefit Penn State Hazleton students has been made possible by the John E. Morgan Foundation. The John E. Morgan Foundation Trustee Scholarship will be created, which will help qualified students with financial need to attend the Hazleton campus.

Officials at Penn State Hazleton have announced a major land gift which will increase the campus land footprint by twenty percent and will connect the existing campus with another piece of property which was landlocked.

You don't need a turbine to tell which way the wind's blowing, but the blades generating electricity as they spin indicate a new direction at Penn State Hazleton. For more than 75 years, students have started their education in Hazleton and transferred to University Park to finish their degrees. Now a slight breeze is pushing in the other direction.