Based on public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), face masks are no longer required to be worn indoors at the Abington, Beaver, Behrend, Brandywine and Greater Allegheny campuses; however, indoor masking is required at the Hazleton, Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre campuses.
Based on public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), face masks are no longer required to be worn indoors at the University Park, Great Valley, Lehigh Valley, New Kensington, Schuylkill and Scranton campuses, effective Friday, June 3.
Face masks are now required to be worn indoors on five additional Penn State campuses, in accordance with public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that advises that masks be worn in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
This spring, 10 Penn State Schuylkill students had 11 projects accepted to the Eastern Communication Association's James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference (ECA-USC). This year, Valerie Schrader, associate professor of communication arts and sciences, was also named an ECA Distinguished Teaching Fellow — a prestigious award limited to only 1% of the association’s membership.
Even before taking the reins as Penn State’s 19th president this month, Neeli Bendapudi has spent much of the spring traveling across the commonwealth on her listening tour of the University’s campuses.
Penn State Schuylkill held its inaugural Student-Athlete Recognition Ceremony acknowledging both the athletic and academic achievements of student participants in the athletic program.
Steele Fekette’s love of the game of baseball shines through in everything he does. His career as one of the top players in the PSUAC East is marked with consecutive first-team picks, and he finds pride in representing the Penn State Schuylkill baseball program.
Corporate communication graduate Saliyah Sebro-McQueen earned her degree from Penn State Schuylkill on May 7, concluding a college career filled with volunteer work and perpetuating her interest in travel. With her undergraduate career complete, Sebro-McQueen intends to take time off to travel and volunteer, with the ultimate goal of pursuing a master’s degree internationally.
Penn State Schuylkill psychology graduate Savannah Berardino earned her bachelor’s degree this spring, punctuating a history of success throughout her college career. Berardino seized every opportunity Penn State presented her, including participating in the Pathway to Success: Summer Start (PaSSS) program, serving as a Lion Ambassador, earning a child development certificate, and working in her field prior to graduation.
On Saturday, May 7, Penn State Schuylkill held its 77th commencement ceremony, celebrating its fall 2021 and spring 2022 graduates, and welcoming back members of the classes of 2019 and 2020 who, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, were not able to have a commencement ceremony in person.
