Ryan Ehrie of Williamsburg, Virginia has been named as Penn State Hazleton's new athletic director. Ehrie, who began his duties on September 15, comes to Penn State Hazleton from the United States Collegiate Athletic Association where he serves as senior administrator of championships and previously held the position of administrator of membership services and championships.
Penn State Hazleton students learn to manage resources every time they refill water bottles, reuse food containers or ponder how to recharge electric cars.
The quest to renew energy and recycle materials goes on year-round. At the campus, engineering students place special emphasis on power generation. Solar panels have electrified one building since 2009, and maintenance workers have swapped out inefficient boilers, lights and windows during the past decade.
Graduates of Penn State Hazleton's practical nursing program marked the successful completion of the program during a ceremony on Thursday, January 8 in the Dr. Thomas M. Caccese Gymnasium in the Physical Education Building. Twenty-two students completed the requirements to earn a certificate in practical nursing and will be eligible to test for the National Council Licensure Examination-Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN).
This semester, an oral history project at Penn State Hazleton has taken local immigrants’ stories to a website through Sites at Penn State in an attempt to educate and bridge divides within the community.
Professor Steven Accardi holding the two books his class published in the spring semester–“One Community: Oral Histories of Immigrants in Hazleton, Pennsylvania” and “Our Town: Oral Histories from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.”
Students have a choice of four new majors when they attend Penn State Hazleton.
The majors in Administration of Justice, Corporate Communication, Rehabilitation and Human Services, and an Accounting option for the Business degree prepare students for fields in which job openings are growing.
Overall, Penn State Hazleton now offers nine majors in which students can earn bachelor's degrees.
Penn State Archivist Doris Malkmus will be traveling to Penn State campuses this fall to present “Queering Penn State History.” Using a game setting and primary sources from The Eberly Family Special Collections Library, she will help attendees discover the tumultuous history of Penn State’s first gay student organization, circa 1968–1974. The presentation is free and open to the public.