A Penn State faculty member and student recently presented ideas for integrating happiness and restorative justice at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS), held virtually in April with the theme “Reforming and Transforming Criminal Justice.”
Penn State Wilkes-Barre granted academic degrees and certificates during the commencement ceremony May 8 in the campus’ Athletic and Recreation Building.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association held its Leadership and Athletics Awards Ceremony. The annual program honors outstanding student leaders and student-athletes at the campus.
A team of students in Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s surveying engineering program has had the opportunity to pair their learning with a project at the Francis E. Walter Dam in Bear Creek Township.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre this year held its Celebration of Scholarship undergraduate research fair in a virtual format. The celebration is an opportunity for Wilkes-Barre faculty and students to showcase their current research, scholarship and artistic endeavors. All posters and video presentations can be viewed online.
Students in a Penn State Wilkes-Barre criminology class had a special opportunity to hear from David Witwer, 2020-21 Penn State Laureate and professor of American studies in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, regarding his research on corruption, organized crime, labor racketeering and the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975.
The “Art in the Natural World” virtual art exhibit presented by the Friedman Art Gallery is now available for viewing on YouTube. It features artwork from 23 students enrolled in the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Science 60, Art in the Natural World course taught by Luciana Caporaletti.
When Robert and Shirley Fortinsky became involved with Penn State Wilkes-Barre, they established the beginning of a legacy that is now in its third generation. The foundation laid by alumnus Robert Fortinsky, 1947, and Shirley Fortinsky, who was named a 2001 Honorary Alumni Award Recipient by the Penn State Alumni Association, has been continued by their daughter, Jill Schwartz, who serves as chair of the campus advisory board, and granddaughter, Kady Schwartz, a member of the advisory board.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently announced the dates for phases 1B, 1C and 2 of the commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution program and Penn State is strongly encouraging all students, faculty and staff to sign up to get a vaccine as soon as they are eligible to receive one.
