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Chancellor Dr. Charles Davis and Christopher Borton, advisory board chair, are pleased to announce the appointment of the following new board members to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre 2012-2013 Campus Advisory Board. Jane Adonizio is the executive producer and on-air host for Fox 56. Jane, a University of Pittsburgh journalism graduate, has served on many greater Wilkes-Barre area boards and is a Leadership Wilkes-Barre '98 graduate. Jane and her husband Paul have three children.

Chancellor Dr. Charles Davis and Director of Student Affairs Kathie Flanagan-Herstek are pleased to announce the addition of a new staff member to Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Jill Laing joins the Penn State Wilkes-Barre staff as the newly appointed Career Services Coordinator. Jill will be serving the immediate career-related needs of students and alumni, including career counseling, résumé-writing assistance, and interview preparation in the soon-to-be-built Struthers Family Career Services Center.

On Saturday, October 13th, the Penn State Nittany Lion hockey team will be making history by playing their first weekend at the intercollegiate level against American International at Wilkes-Barre's Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. The puck drops at 7:05p.m. in what is expected to be a sea of Blue & White!

On Sunday, September 16th, Bill Bachman, senior instructor of communications at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, will be presenting the Lattimer Massacre Radio Play and Music at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock at a free, open-to-the-public event.

Congratulations to Spring 2012 Athletic Department Interns, Karen Sickler and Chase Thomson, on landing their first full-time positions in college athletics.

The Department of Continuing Education at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and co-sponsor The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce proudly announce the fall personal enrichment film & discussion series. Penn State Wilkes-Barre is partnering with R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 in Downtown Wilkes-Barre to host a film and discussion series exploring the theories of the world ending in 2012: Dr. Strangelove, Dirt! The Movie, Soylent Green, Where Have All The People Gone?, and When Worlds Collide.

Beginning August 21st, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will begin hosting four seven-week SAT preparation course sessions for those students interested in taking the SAT exam for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. Penn State Wilkes-Barre, in cooperation with Cambridge Educational Services, Inc., offers high-school students an opportunity to raise their score on the SAT, and instructs students in proven test-taking strategies to help them realize their full potential on the test.

  Beginning Thursday, September 6th, 2012 running through March 21, 2013, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will offer a Civil Engineering Professional Engineering Exam Review. Sessions will be taught each Thursday from 6-9pm with no class on November 22nd and December 27th. This session will be delivered via Polycom video conferencing technology from the Penn State Berks campus and be taught by Tom Schreffler, PE. Cost for the review is $1,025, which includes handouts.

On Friday, July 13, 2012, the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society sponsored its 17th Annual "Masters" Golf Tournament at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountaintop, PA. The tournament raised $6,000, which will support a variety of programs for Penn State Wilkes-Barre students including the Alumni Speaker Series, an Academic Excellence Award, and other student initiatives.

Dave Eury enters his first year as Assistant Soccer Coach at Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre.  Coach Eury has served as the Head Girl's Soccer Coach in the Back Mountain Youth Soccer Association (Age12), where his 2005 team made the playoffs and was second team Runner-up. Coach Eury's experience extends off the soccer field as he coached football at Lake Lehman Junior High School in 2009 and was a Golden Gloves boxer while in high school in Pittsburgh, PA.