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11/24: COVID-19 dashboard updated with results from departure, weekend testing

Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 20 to 22, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 23 at University Park, there are 348 active student cases, up from 318 at the last update on Nov. 20, and 4,462 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
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Open house scheduled for county high schoolers interested in health care

Schuylkill County high school students interested in health care careers are invited to attend a virtual open house for the Emerging Health Professionals program, a partnership between Penn State Schuylkill and the Schuylkill Technology Center that allows high school seniors to gain lab and clinical experience while earning college credits from Penn State.
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Hazleton, Schuylkill receive First Federal Charitable Foundation Equity Grants

The First Federal Charitable Foundation has established two new $100,000 educational equity scholarships at Penn State’s Hazleton and Schuylkill campuses to support regional students whose gender, race, ethnic, cultural, and/or national backgrounds contribute to the diversity of the student body and who have a demonstrated financial need.
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11/17: COVID-19 dashboard updated with preliminary results from weekend testing

Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 13 to 15, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. As of Nov. 16 at University Park, there are 273 active student cases, down from 319 at the last update on Nov. 13, and 4,200 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
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11/13: Latest COVID-19 dashboard update shows slight increase in active cases

Penn State released its preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Nov. 6 to 12 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Nov. 13). The University Park campus received 163 positive on-demand test results and eight positive random test results from student testing during the period of Nov. 6 to 12. As of Nov. 12 at University Park, there are 319 active student cases, up from 275 at the last update on Nov. 10, and 4,009 students have completed their isolation period and are no longer active cases.
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Schuylkill faculty and students' communications research recognized nationally

Corporate communication honors students Adam Moyer and Courtney Weikel and associate professor of Communication Arts and Sciences Valerie Schrader have had research papers accepted to state, regional and national communication association conferences this year. Moyer and Weikel are the only undergraduates to have their papers accepted to the Top Student Paper Panel in the National Communication Association Conference.