The Penn State Wilkes-Barre women's basketball team lost 28-74 at home to Misericordia University on Monday night. The loss drops Wilkes-Barre to 2-9 on the season and they remain 1-3 in the PSUAC. Sophomore Tiaira Brathwaite led Wilkes-Barre with 10 points and 5 rebounds while sophomore Molly Dincher added 8 points. Wilkes-Barre will next play Wednesday night, January 18th, at home against PSUAC rival Penn State Hazleton.
The World Tang Soo Do Association, a Koren martial arts organization, recently promoted Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chemistry Professor, Dr. Dudley Snyder to a 4th Degree Master Black Belt.
Dr. Snyder, a member of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty since 1981, has been studying Tang Soo Do for over 35 years, having first taken up martial arts while earning his PhD at Purdue University.
"I always had an interest in martial arts but never really felt like I had the time or opportunity to devote time to training until I was at Purdue," says Snyder.
A four-student team from the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Business Department will travel to State College in the latter part of March to compete in the 2nd Annual Smeal College of Business Case Competition presented by Kohl's.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team (5-8 overall, 3-2 PSUAC) fell to Thaddeus Stevens 62-68 on Thursday night. Senior Frank Peters led Wilkes-Barre with 10 points. Junior Travis Dunlap and freshman Jacob Bronder each added 9 points. Freshman Denzel Mensah grabbed 14 rebounds for the team. Wilkes-Barre will next play Wilkes University on Saturday, January 7th at 3:00 pm on the road.
Gianna DeGraba, a Penn State Wilkes-Barre sophomore from Dallas, was the recent recipient of the Irene Thomas Memorial Award. This award is sponsored by Arts at Hayfield, a non-profit, community-arts support organization housed at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and is given to an academically accomplished student who has demonstrated a commitment to the arts.