Penn State Wilkes-Barre marked Nontraditional Student Recognition Week with several activities designed to celebrate and assist nontraditional students at the campus.
David Hoffman, class of 1981, Penn State Wilkes-Barre alumnus and longtime volunteer, received the 2022 Penn State Alumni Association Kay and Ernie Salvino Volunteer of the Year Award. He was honored during a special awards recognition ceremony as part of the fall meeting of the Penn State Alumni Association Alumni Council.
Arts at Hayfield, the nonprofit campus and community-arts organization at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, granted $4,000 in academic scholarships to five Penn State Wilkes-Barre students in 2022.
Business students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre had two opportunities to present what they learned to a public audience during the late fall semester, demonstrating their knowledge and skills gained through the business program at the campus.
Emmy Award-winning actor Keith David will deliver a dramatic reading of a speech by the legendary 19th-century American abolitionist in “The Frederick Douglass Project.” The one-time virtual event will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, via Zoom. It is co-presented by the Center for the Performing Arts and Theater of War Productions. The program is free, but registration is required.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is inviting prospective students and their families to visit the campus during an open house from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25.
With the help of the community, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus’s THON Committee has raised over $5,000 toward its overall goal this year as the committee works to fight childhood cancer through the Four Diamonds Fund.
Roger Brindley, vice provost for Penn State Global; Andrea Dowhower interim vice president for Student Affairs; and Renata Engel, vice provost for online education, share resources available for individuals who have been impacted by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, as well as ways to help with the rescue and recovery.
