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Four brothers who started college at Penn State Hazleton continue to make the campus a place where students can get their start. Joseph, Mark, Gary and Kevin Lamont all graduated from Penn State and went on to successful careers in communications technology, labor mediation, finance and real estate. Their sister, Mary Beth Poluka's son, Michael, also is a Penn Stater. They get together with each other and their children, many of whom also went to Penn State, at football games and other university events.

Dr. Gary Lawler, Penn State Hazleton chancellor, recently announced that the campus administration building will be renamed Pasco L. Schiavo Hall in recognition of Schiavo's recent $1 million gift to the campus to create a scholarship endowment for campus students.

Penn State World Campus student Tyler Knabb of Reading will embark on a cycling journey Oct. 22 to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. His 920-mile, eight-day cycling trip is in memory of his mother and friend who lost their battles with cancer.

Two Penn State Hazleton alumni are among the field of twenty-two alumni to be honored for their outstanding professional achievements and given the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association. The Alumni Fellow recipients who attended the Hazleton campus are Gary Ralph Matyas '78, Olney, Md., and Susan Saint Sing '78, '04g, Stuart, Fla.

Students intrigued in harvesting energy from wind and sun are drawn to Penn State Hazleton, the only campus in the university's system that offers a bachelor's degree in the engineering of power systems and alternative energy.

Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences Daniel Hans Mansson spoke Swedish into his office computer at Penn State Hazleton. From their native country, his mother answered. Maintaining relationships is a specialty of Mansson, not just with his mother, but also in his research. Mansson often studies traits and relational characteristics that solidify relationships, whether between students and teachers; grandparents and grandchildren; friends on Facebook, or mentors and protégés.

A new physics professor on campus can detect when a laser beam waivers the width of a hair on  a journey to the moon, while a new engineering professor challenged his students to simulate the same trip in a rocket ship. Their reach toward the moon isn't the only tie-in between David Starling, assistant professor of physics, and Joseph Ranalli, assistant professor of engineering, who arrived together at Penn State Hazleton for the fall semester.

With more than 80 friends, faculty, alumni and students in attendance, Penn State Hazleton held a reception on Fri., April 30, to launch For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, the largest university-wide fundraising effort in Penn State history.

 

A $1 million scholarship endowment to benefit Penn State Hazleton students has been made possible by the John E. Morgan Foundation. The John E. Morgan Foundation Trustee Scholarship will be created, which will help qualified students with financial need to attend the Hazleton campus.