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A student organizes stickers

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Senior Taylor Sweeney, a Stand for State student ambassador, organized stickers Jan. 14 that will be shipped to campuses in preparation for the launch of Stand for State. University Park’s launch is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the HUB-Robeson Center.  

The Stand for State logo in blue and green

Stand for State logo

Stand for State uses a bystander intervention curriculum created by Green Dot, a national leader in violence prevention education. 

Campus brings college-level course experience to local high school

Several students at the Schuylkill Haven Area High School had the opportunity this past fall semester to participate in a college-level course when Dr. Charlie Law, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Schuylkill, came to their classroom three times a week to teach Introduction to Psychology.

Campus hosted academic panel discussion on the refugee crisis

On Dec. 9 at 5:30 p.m. in the John E. Morgan Auditorium, Penn State Schuylkill faculty and honors students and PA State Rep. Michael G. Tobash will host a panel discussion of historical background, current situations, and their side effects in the context of worldwide terror and ISIS/ISIL, Middle Eastern ethnic identity, Syrian refugees, and their coming to the United States.  Members of the panel include: Moderator Dr. Charles Cantalupo

Local middle school students participate in STEM Saturday program

As electricity arced through the air, excited Mahanoy Area Middle School students reached for their phones, snapping pictures in the darkened physics lab at Penn State Schuylkill. Dr. Michael Gallis, associate professor of physics, had the full attention of the students as he challenged them to explore what they know about electricity during his presentation titled, "It's Electric." Dr. Gallis' program was one of four different sessions that was held during the Schuylkill ACHIEVE'S STEM Saturday, Nov. 7.