Applications are now being accepted for the Steve A. Garban Grant-In-Aid, for children of Penn State technical service or staff employees. This grant-in-aid, awarded to one new first-year student, is intended to assist with room and board charges for two years, provided the student continues full-time enrollment at Penn State or Pennsylvania College of Technology, incurs on-campus room and board charges, and demonstrates academic success.
Penn State Schuylkill will host two separate commencement ceremonies this spring to accommodate its growing number of graduates and their guests. Graduates from the nursing and radiological sciences programs will be recognized during a ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the campus gymnasium. All other majors will participate in a second commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 9, also in the gymnasium.
Students in Theatre 105 at Penn State Schuylkill are stepping into the past using modern technology, exploring ancient and historic performance spaces through virtual reality as part of their introduction to the art of theatre.
Penn State Schuylkill has named more than 300 students as fall 2025 dean’s list designees. To earn a dean’s list designation, students must end the semester with a 3.5 grade-point average or higher.
Penn State Schuylkill will celebrate the opening of Art Space’s new location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Classroom Building, Room 100.
As the fall semester came to a close, Penn State Schuylkill faculty and staff gathered to recognize colleagues for their dedication, achievements and years of service during the campus’s annual awards and service honors celebration.
Penn State Schuylkill’s popular community enrichment cinema course will return this spring, offering participants the chance to explore the evolving role of comedy in film.
Art Space at Penn State Schuylkill will present “My FireFlies – Creating Peacemakers in Our Region,” an exhibition by internationally recognized artist Ibiyinka “Ibi” Alao, from Jan. 11 through Feb. 27. The exhibition will be held in Art Space, located in the Classroom Building, Room 100.
Penn State alumnus Louis H. “Herb” Meier has established the Elbert and Helen Meier Scholarship at Penn State Schuylkill, an endowment designed to support first-generation students from Schuylkill County with financial need.
Penn State Schuylkill students showcased their academic work across multiple disciplines during the fall 2025 Undergraduate Research Poster Conference, a semesterly event celebrating student research, scholarship, and experiential learning.
