Penn State Wilkes-Barre is planning several events during February in celebration of African American History Month. All events will be held virtually and are open to students, staff and faculty.
Nominations are being accepted until Dec. 18 for the Shirley Hendrick Award. Any Penn State employee who has contributed to the success of adult learners at the University can be nominated.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Penn State’s newest faculty member and project and supply chain management coordinator, Justin Goldston, is giving the keynote speech at the virtual Global Women in Supply Chain Leadership Awards 2020.
On Feb. 3, all students, faculty and staff members at every Penn State campus location will receive an email to take the Penn State Community Survey to share their attitudes and experiences of community, diversity and inclusion at Penn State. Every 100 survey takers will have a chance to win an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
The LGBTQA Student Resource Center offers multiple scholarships and awards to students and faculty who are interested in and have shown a commitment to the Penn State LGBTQ+ community. On April 12, the center presented its scholarship and award recipients for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Nesbitt Library has updated its two formerly single-stall, gender-specific restrooms (women and men) to two gender-neutral restrooms.
In honor of Black History Month at Penn State, we take a look at the University’s first known African-American alumnus and alumna — Calvin Waller, class of 1905, and Mildred Settle Bunton, class of 1932.
Creating a more inclusive campus and community in Wilkes-Barre, two Penn State Wilkes-Barre employees are forging a path of acceptance for all their students
On April 7, Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted the Forum on Black Affairs, an organization whose goal is to partner with the University to encourage racial diversity, and specifically to create a climate conducive for black faculty and staff to thrive on each Penn State campus.
