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Students, faculty, staff, community members and other guests mingle in the Center for Multicultural Engagement's Seminar Room prior to the start of its official grand opening Sept. 26.

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Penn State Hazleton Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Elizabeth J. Wright and Hazleton Art League Executive Director Mark Peterson discuss a piece of art on loan from the Art League that was displayed in the Center for Multicultural Engagement.

Group of women standing behind a poster promoting the Center for Multicultural Engagement.

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Members of Penn State Hazleton's Black Student Union organization posed with a poster explaining the Center for Multicultural Engagement's purpose at the space's grand opening on Sept. 26.

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Penn State Hazleton Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Elizabeth J. Wright offers remarks during the grand opening of the Center for Multicultural Engagement on Sept. 26.

Group of six people cutting a yellow ribbon in front of a copper-colored wall.

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Penn State Hazleton and University leaders cut the ribbon on the Center for Multicultural Engagement and its official grand opening on Sept. 26.

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CME Opening

Penn State Hazleton was joined by University leaders and guests to celebrate the official grand opening of its Center for Multicultural Engagement. Pictured, from left, are: Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Elizabeth J. Wright; poet and novelist Javier Ávila; Director of Student Services and Engagement Tracy Garnick; Student Government Association President Gabriel Bragg; Penn State Interim Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor David M. Callejo Pérez; and Penn State Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Brian Patchoski.

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Gina Tarud Hazleton

Gina Tarud, a faculty member in Penn State Hazleton’s physical therapist assistant (PTA) program since 2007, has been promoted to teaching professor of physical therapy.