Marianne Adam, associate teaching professor in the College of Nursing at Penn State Schuylkill, is researching the impact of opioid addiction on families with a project titled "Families Forging a Path to Treatment for Opioid Addiction." The project’s main focus is to better understand the perspectives of the affected individual’s family.
Penn State Schuylkill commemorates 85 years of realizing its land-grant mission with a kickoff event featuring a carnival on the Mall Walk, blue and white cupcakes, and a special presentation by Roger L. Williams, former executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association.
Penn State alumni representing four northeast regional campuses — Hazleton, Schuylkill, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre — will offer “A Night of Penn State Jazz” on Oct. 15 at the historic Ritz Theater in Scranton. Doors will open at 6 pm. The concert, featuring Penn State’s Centre Dimensions jazz ensemble, will begin at 7 p.m.
Penn State Schuylkill has teamed up with the Pennsylvania National Guard to offer continuing education units to Pennsylvania National Guard members training in an efficiency program methodology known as Lean Six Sigma.
Entrepreneurs in northern Schuylkill County now have access to Penn State Schuylkill’s LionLaunch business programming in Shenandoah, made possible through a partnership with Downtown Shenandoah Inc.
Penn State students who commute to campus or live in on-campus apartments have a convenient option for grabbing a meal or a snack: the Commuter Meal Plan. The plan, which is charged to the student account, has recently been expanded to three levels and is now offered at additional Penn State locations.
Penn State Schuylkill will host the PA Breast Cancer Coalition's traveling photo exhibit, "67 Women, 67 Counties," from Oct. 8 to 20. The exhibit showcases the faces of breast cancer across the Commonwealth while promoting the importance of screening mammograms for early detection in women.
Prospective college students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science in nursing degree at Penn State Schuylkill through the College of Nursing, starting in fall 2020.
Valerie Henne-Hallman, human resources strategic partner for Penn State Berks, Penn State Lehigh Valley and Penn State Schuylkill, is the recipient of the 2019 Ray T. Fortunato Award for Excellence in Human Resources for her contributions to human resources at Penn State.
Jonathan Kukta, instructor in business administration and director of Housing and Food Services for Penn State Schuylkill and Penn State Berks, has been appointed to serve a three-year term as a member of the board of directors of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services for the East Region as membership coordinator.
