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Penn State Hazleton to hold American Red Cross lifeguard clinics

Penn State Hazleton will offer lifeguard certification and recertification clinics through the American Red Cross in April, with testing on March 30. The lifeguard certification and recertification clinics will be held in the swimming pool in the Physical Education Building at Penn State Hazleton from 5 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.

Delayed start on Tuesday, March 3

Winter weather conditions have caused Penn State to delay the start of classes, activities and offices opening until 10 a.m. at its Hazleton campus on Tuesday, March 3.  
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Penn State Laureate plans to explore commonwealth through a documentary lens

As the 2025-26 Penn State Laureate, filmmaker and associate professor Pearl Gluck is traveling across the commonwealth to share her films and examine how storytelling lives within communities — not only in places, but through the people who care for them: archivists, artists, educators, librarians, museum guides and local historians who serve as keepers of cultural memory.

Applications now being accepted for Steve A. Garban Grant-In-Aid

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.