This past Saturday, October 24, more than 100 area Penn State fans overtook the River Grille in Plains, Pa. for the annual Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society Tailgate Party.
Saturday's game, Penn State at Michigan, provided an exciting show for the tailgaters, who enjoyed a traditional tailgate menu of hot dogs, chicken wings, barbecue sandwiches, and an assortment of beverages.
Frank LittleBear, a First Nation Native American lecturer, performing artist, and musician will be at Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, November 5 to celebrate Native American History Month with the campus and community.
On Thursday, November 5, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be hosting an Executive Management Breakfast Series at The Woodlands Inn and Resort in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The topic for the November event will focus on the discovery of Marcellus Shale and the impacts of drilling for this resource.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently hosted a Youth Symposium that brought together more than 300 area high school students to learn skills that will help them properly address the contemporary issues of justice, tolerance, and violence.
Youth Symposium Committee Chair Theresa Kline, Luzerne County First District Attorney Jeffrey Tokach and Penn State's Director of Academic Affairs Theodora Jankowski began the program by welcoming the students to this year's Symposium, "Life's the Real Deal⦠Not a Reality Show."
In its twenty-first year, the recycling program at Penn State Wilkes-Barre has hit the one million pound mark, recycling almost everything from paper and cardboard to metal, glass, and plastic.
Dr. Thomas Winter, Professor of Physics at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, leads this initiative, taking time each morning to sort paper with his wife Janis, a math tutor at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Approximately twice a semester, faculty, staff, and students spend time on a Sunday afternoon sorting through bottles and cans.
Ghouls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night will come alive during the 13th Annual Haunted Forest at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Originally developed in 1998 by a former Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association president, Haunted Forest transforms the campus grounds and Hayfield House into a fun-filled Halloween activity and charity event.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be hosting a free performance by spoken word artist Gabriela Garcia Medina on Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. in the Barry Auditorium of the campus Academic Commons.