Assistant Professor of Biology Carl Frankel will serve as the speaker for Penn State Hazleton’s spring 2018 commencement ceremony, which will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the Dr. Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium of the Physical Education Building.
For community college students interested in earning a four-year bachelor's degree from Penn State, articulation agreements between a number of Pennsylvania community colleges and the University's Commonwealth Campuses provide access to Penn State degrees.
Joseph and Lillian Clifford have made a $30,000 contribution to Penn State University to establish the Clifford Family Open Doors Scholarship. The donation is part of the University-wide campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence” campaign and will leverage a 2:1 University match, increasing the fund to $90,000.
Young entrepreneur Ryan Dougherty, the founder of e-commerce footwear brand TIME Slippers, will speak at Penn State Hazleton at 7 p.m. on April 19. His talk will be held in Room 115 of the Evelyn Graham Academic Building and is free and open to the public.
Stand for State, Penn State’s bystander intervention initiative, recently asked students, faculty and staff at all Penn State campuses to explore what connects us as part of an interactive event called “All That We Are.”
The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.
Penn State Hazleton will host its annual diversity presentation on Thursday, April 26, featuring transgender writer, speaker and activist Aiden James Kosciesza.
Penn State Hazleton supporters E. Lee and William Beard have contributed $30,000 to fund and endow the Bill and Lee Beard Open Doors Scholarship at Penn State.
On Saturday, May 19, nine Penn State organizations will co-sponsor the ninth annual Penn State Day at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.