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Mildred Settle Bunton, Penn State class of 1932

Mildred Settle Bunton, Penn State class of 1932

Mildred Settle Bunton was Penn State's first Black co-ed and the first to graduate from Penn State, earning her bachelor of science degree in home economics (now health and human development) in 1932. She went on to a distinguished career in nutrition and dietetics, and the University named her a Distinguished Alumna in 1973.

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre students, from left, Arthur Busch, Tyler Pokrinchak, Nathan Crotts, Hannah Corson and Tanner Smith, attended the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors’ annual conference.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre students attend professional conference

A group of surveying engineering students and faculty from Penn State Wilkes-Barre had the opportunity to attend the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors’ annual conference, held from Jan. 23 to 26 in Hershey. The conference was attended by more than 500 surveyors and industry leaders from throughout Pennsylvania and beyond.