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Administrators exchange gifts during articulation agreement

Articulation Agreement with NCC gift exchange

From left to right: Tina Q. Richardson, chancellor at Penn State Lehigh Valley; Madlyn L. Hanes, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor at Penn State; Mark H. Erickson, president of Northampton Community College; and Gary M. Lawler, chancellor at Penn State Hazleton, exchanged gifts of campus-branded baseball caps and mugs to celebrate the articulation agreement at an event on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Lehigh Valley campus.

Administrators gather to sign articulation agreement

Articulation Agreement with NCC

Madlyn L. Hanes, vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor at Penn State (second from left); Tina Q. Richardson, chancellor at Penn State Lehigh Valley (far left); Gary M. Lawler, chancellor at Penn State Hazleton (far right); and Mark H. Erickson, president of Northampton Community College (second from right), signed an articulation agreement while chief academic officers and other administrators looked on at an event held Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Lehigh Valley campus.

Hazleton One Community Center Director of Education Andrea Kolb

Grant enables College of Education to help English learners in Hazleton

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition awarded Penn State a five-year, $2.1 million grant that is intended, among other things, to foster ambitious science and language teaching practices in Hazleton elementary classrooms that contribute to English learners’ academic success.
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Hazleton One Community Center Director of Education Andrea Kolb, a doctoral student in the College of Education, shares a smile with a student during an after school program.

As part of their class work, students in RHS 401 used a robot that functioned much like a mobile Skype.

Robot Hazleton

As part of their class work, students in RHS 401 used a robot that functioned much like a mobile Skype. Rebeca Chiesa, at the podium at Penn State Hazleton, interacts with Christie Conway and Emily Teal (on screen).

Marc Anthony Merino, Jr.

My road to commencement: Marc Anthony Merino Jr.

Marc Anthony Merino Jr. was one of more than 250 students to receive his degree at Penn State Harrisburg’s fall 2016 commencement ceremony on Dec. 17. He received a bachelor of science in criminal justice from the School of Public Affairs, with a minor in psychological science. It was a moment of triumph for Merino; it was also a moment that almost didn’t happen.