Applications are now being accepted for the Steve A. Garban Grant-In-Aid, for children of Penn State technical service or staff employees. This grant-in-aid, awarded to one new first-year student, is intended to assist with room and board charges for two years, provided the student continues full-time enrollment at Penn State or Pennsylvania College of Technology, incurs on-campus room and board charges, and demonstrates academic success.
Holocaust and genocide scholar, educator, author, and member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, Carol Rittner will be the guest speaker at a free, public luncheon and presentation to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, Jan. 29, in the Center for Multicultural Engagement, 103 Charles T. Butler Teaching and Learning Resource Center at Penn State Hazleton. Following the lunch, Rittner will speak to students in history and sociology classes and guests in 109 Evelyn Graham Academic Building. Her presentation is titled “This Time: Teaching the Holocaust Today.”