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SN Meet and Greet

Penn State Northeast Regional Chancellor, at right, speaks with Rashida Lovely, founder and CEO of the Afree Foundation in Scranton, during the Meet and Greet event at Penn State Scranton last month.

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WB Meet and Greet photo

Penn State Northeast Regional Chancellor Menah Pratt speaks with Penn State Wilkes-Barre retired physics professor Thomas Winter at the Wilkes-Barre Meet and Greet last month. 

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HN Meet and Greet image

Penn State Northeast Regional Chancellor Menah Pratt, J.D., Ph.D., shakes hands with John Skwierz, treasurer of the Greater Hazleton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, who is seated with Terry Jones, member of the Penn State Hazleton Council, the campus' advisory board during her first Meet and Greet event at the Hazleton campus. 

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Darcy Medica

Darcy Medica has been named Penn State Hazleton’s new campus chief academic officer, effective Jan. 1, 2027.

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Northeast Pennsylvania Learning-Leadership Ecosystem

Penn State Regional Chancellor Menah Pratt has been spending time meeting with school district officials and educators throughout the northeast Pennsylvania region to learn how Penn State can work with schools to help more students succeed and create partnerships that can make a meaningful difference.

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Craig Johnson, Hazleton math instructor

Craig Johnson, instructor in mathematics at Penn State Hazleton, holds a guitar. Johnson will be the guest speaker for the annuall George Tseo Memorial Lecture at Penn State Hazleton on Thursday, Nov. 19.