Penn State Hazleton hosted move-in day for new students, opening its doors to first-year students and their families as part of the kickoff to Welcome 2020 and a new academic year.
The Penn State northeast region campuses will host a Fall 2020 Virtual Program Series featuring topics ranging from writing, esports, and wine to chemistry, job interviews, vaccine development and dance.
As instructors prepare to teach classes this upcoming academic year, a new Instructor Guide to Fall 2020 is now available through Penn State’s keepteaching.psu.edu website that combines updates and changes the University has made into a single document.
Penn State students living on campus who were selected for pre-arrival COVID-19 testing will not be permitted to check in to their residence hall until they have received a negative test result from Vault Health. Students receiving positive test results will not be permitted to move in until they have completed their isolation period.
Talented teams of high school students competed to make the strongest sales pitch before a panel of judges in this year's Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp Pitch Competition, hosted by Penn State Hazleton.
Penn State has launched an integrated effort to remind faculty, staff and students at all campuses and in adjacent communities of the importance of doing their part to limit the spread of COVID-19. “Mask Up or Pack Up” is a research-based campaign that is also launched in State College to create a seamless message for students and other members of the community.
A $105,461 grant has been awarded to Penn State Hazleton Assistant Professor of Biology Megan Schall toward her continued research on the potential ecological impact of an invasive fish species on the Susquehanna River Basin.
As part of the plan to welcome students back to Penn State Hazleton while keeping the campus and our surrounding communities safe, a COVID-19 pre-arrival testing program has been put in place by the University.
Penn State Hazleton, other Commonwealth Campuses will follow national movement among small conferences and push pause on play due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
For the second year in a row, a Penn State Hazleton student has earned a scholarship to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration, one of the largest conferences in the world for women in computing.
