Participating in a check presentation from Wells Fargo to the Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress in support of the Hazleton LaunchBox were, from left, Joseph Clifford, Penn State Hazleton advisory board and downtown alliance board member; Mike Kashnicki, Wells Fargo senior business relationship manager; Jocelyn Sterenchock, CAN BE coordinator of entrepreneurial services; Mike Pany, Wells Fargo community relations senior consultant; Joseph Boretski, Wells Fargo senior vice president and business banking manager of Northeast PA and the Lehigh Valley; Krista Schneider, Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress executive director; Dr. Gary Lawler, chancellor, Penn State Hazleton; Hazleton Mayor Jeff Cusat; and Chris Pavlick, representing state Rep. Tarah Toohil.
Dance-theater troupe Urban Bush Women, whose innovative programs seek to challenge assumptions about the impact of dance, will perform “Hair & Other Stories” Thursday, March 14. The program uses humor, music and dance to explore notions of social justice.
University benefactor Pasco Schiavo, right, has endowed the Pasco L. Schiavo Open Doors Scholarship. Chancellor Gary Lawler is at left during the naming of the Penn State Hazleton administration building in Schiavo's honor in 2014.
John Champagne, professor of English and chair of the Global Languages and Cultures program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has been named Penn State Laureate for the 2018-19 academic year.
