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Valerie Schrader, associate professor of communication arts and sciences.

Penn State Schuylkill Honors Program Awarded Barnes and Noble Grant

Honors Program co-coordinator Valerie Schrader's first grant-writing experience pays off with a $25,000 grant from Barnes and Noble.

Dr. Sharon Watkins fields audience questions at the grand opening for "Outbreak."

"Outbreak" Arrives: A Grand Opening

After nearly a year in planning, the Smithsonian's "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World" opens on the Penn State Schuylkill campus.

Mangroves, and Platypuses and Vegemite! Oh, My!

For Alexis Bowser and Kylee Clark, a trip to Australia was the educational experience of a lifetime.

Key players in Penn State Schuylkill's Student Community Center renovation and expansion cut the ribbon on the project

Penn State Schuylkill Hosts Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for its Renovated and Expanded Student Community Center

Ceremony acts as bookend to six-month long collaborative project

Catherine Holm, a senior in the business program at Penn State Schuylkill, stands outside Tredegar, a plastic film manufacturer where she interns.

Around the Globe and Back: Future Leader Sets Roots in Schuylkill County

Scholar, leader, veteran, mother—Holm escapes a succinct description. Except, perhaps, “asset.”

Nico Granito studies abroad in New Zealand.

Life Changing Experience in New Zealand for Penn State Schuylkill Student

Culture, academics, food—Nico broadened his horizons on a whole other continent.

Schuylkill Graduate Accepted into Highly Ranked Master’s Program

Becca Akins, a 2018 graduate, will soon be on her way to Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health where she will pursue a Master’s in Health Science (MHS) in Mental Health.

Students conversing around campus fountain

Discover Penn State Schuylkill

It's your story. Take the lead.

Penn State Schuylkill joins the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Conference effective July 1, 2018.

NAIA is Game Changer for Penn State Schuylkill

Penn State Schuylkill was among eight institutions approved for association membership by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), effective July 1, 2018.

From Penn State Schuylkill to Harvard Medical School

Quentin Moyer waited for the email as many of us do—expecting the worst but hoping for the best when anticipating a message of importance.

We are Penn State Schuylkill.

And you are going to love it here.

Bert and Josette Evans give back

Bert Evans understands that often the greatest hurdle a student can face is a financial one, which is why he and his wife Josette have established several scholarship funds that help make higher education an attainable goal for many Penn State Schuylkill students.

Panelists speaking at Novel Control Measures to Combat Infectious Diseases sit on stage at Penn State Schuylkill and answer audience questions.

Panelists discuss novel control measures to combat infectious diseases

Penn State Schuylkill hosted the next event in its presentation series as part of the "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World" Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History pop-up exhibit. The event featured guest speakers who discussed the various ways they and their companies are employing innovation and entrepreneurship in novel control measures to combat infectious diseases.

PPL Foundation awards Penn State Schuylkill's LionLaunch program a $2,500 grant

PPL Foundation supports Penn State Schuylkill's LionLaunch innovation hub

The PPL Foundation has awarded Penn State Schuylkill’s LionLaunch program, part of President Eric J. Barron’s Commonwealth-wide Invent Penn State entrepreneurship initiative, grant funding in the amount of $2,500.

Penn State Northeast Regional Thanksgiving Dinner

Penn State holds first Northeast Thanksgiving Dinner

Penn State students will have the opportunity to learn more about the Thanksgiving holiday and similar holidays around the world by attending the Penn State Northeast Regional Thanksgiving Dinner.

Local author Cindy Ross teaches that 'The World is Our Classroom'

Penn State Schuylkill hosts Sustainability Symposium.

Penn State Schuylkill announces its 2018 alumni award winners

Penn State Schuylkill will host its annual Alumni Awards Dinner on campus Friday, Nov. 2, honoring Stephen Roman, recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus award; Jeffrey Yourshaw, recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus award; and Harold Aurand, recipient of the Pride and Spirit award.