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Tom Smialek retirement luncheon

Professor of Music and Integrative Arts Thomas Smialek (center) was recently honored for his 33-year teaching career at the campus during a special luncheon at the Slusser/Bayzick Building. Also pictured are (from left): Penn State Hazleton Chancellor Elizabeth J. Wright, Smialek and his family, and Interim Director of Academic Affairs Albert Lozano-Nieto.

Male and female practical nursing students in white scrubs seated in two rows.

Practical Nursing Graduates 2022

Practical Nursing Class of 2022. Graduates are (first row, from left): Mary Grace DaCunha, Shereina Latara Bryant, Skylar Rebecca Duffy, Alisa Erin Milnes, Brendaly Trinidad Coplin, Brittany Cunnington, Arianna Renae Welch and Christina Marie Brehm. Second row (from left): Alexis Paige Hinckley, Trinity Michaela Sockriter, Shakinah Quaisha Moultrie, Katherine Jimenez Badia, Jessica Miguelina Hernandez Diaz, Jose Fernando Cuevas, Andrew DeJesus, Abigail Santos, Jenny I. Mordan Diaz, Leydy Mordan Pimentel,  Jennifer Caraballo, Hayley Desire Hoffman and Hilary Marie Shershen.

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Honors Program picnic 2

Students in the Penn State Hazleton Honors Program held a picnic this semester to get to know each other in an informal setting as part of a larger effort by the program to host a variety of engagement opportunities. Pictured are (from left) Destiny Angel, Ayrton Auman, Jadon Matriccino, Trevor Ruggiero, Kush Patel, and Lori Reno, assistant teaching professor of business.

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Tori Fox

Tori Fox, a sophomore from Hazleton majoring in physical therapist assistant and rehabilitation and human services, has been named Penn State Hazleton’s student of the month for October.