Penn State is planning a phased return over the summer semester to a full on-campus learning environment for fall 2021. The University’s priorities continue to be the health and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and local communities, and the plans for expanded in-person classes have the flexibility built in to quickly respond to changing pandemic conditions, if necessary.
Since April 2017, the Friedman Art Gallery on the campus of Penn State Wilkes-Barre has hosted annual art exhibits by local high school artists. Because of current health concerns, virtual classes, limited access to the Friedman Art Gallery and other mandated protocols that continue to affect our educational systems, especially the arts, a virtual alternative was devised to promote local high school artists.
Local high school students have their artwork featured in the first Virtual High School Art Exhibit sponsored by the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Friedman Art Gallery.
At 7 p.m. on Monday, March 1, Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin from Unladylike Media will discuss the intersection of the feminist movement, #MeToo, and the Abolition Movement, with a discussion of how feminism and white womanhood have pushed up against racial equity historically through present day. Read more here about the virtual event, and register for tickets.
Due to the pandemic, the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at Penn State Wilkes-Barre has begun coordinating virtual meetings between donors and student scholarship and award recipients, with the benefit of students and donors being able to meet wherever they live.
