Penn State Hazleton Professor of Sociology Michael F. Polgar will provide a presentation on his research titled “Words cannot express…the Holocaust distorts language” on Tuesday, April 14, at 1:30 p.m. in room 109 of the Evelyn Graham Academic Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2026 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. They are Brianna Blackburn, instructor in nursing in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing; Lisa Goguen, program coordinator and associate professor of psychology at Penn State Hazleton; Joseph Houck, teaching professor of chemistry in the Eberly College of Science; Lisa Mangel, assistant teaching professor of biology and elementary and early childhood education programs at Penn State Behrend; Michael Mashtare, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Elizabeth Womack, associate professor of English at Penn State Brandywine.
