Patricia Shoener, Penn State Schuylkill's alumni and stewardship officer, has received the University's 2017 Teamwork and Collaboration Award, granted for her keen collaboration skills and successful programs.
Global Programs' fall 2017 travel grants have been awarded in three grant categories: Faculty Travel Grants, Transformational Travel Grants, and Graduate Student Travel Grants. Based on the review committees’ evaluations and recommendations, 30 applicants were selected for funding support. The awardees will travel to 19 countries on four continents.
Stand for State will host an event, “All That WE ARE,” at Penn State campuses between Jan. 15 and 30. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate.
For three students from the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) each year, their academic exploration also pays off in another way, through a DUS scholarship.
Governor Tom Wolf stopped by Penn State Schuylkill's LionLaunch Innovation Hub, an incubation space meant to foster small business and entrepreneurial growth throughout Schuylkill County.
Penn State Schuylkill's LionLaunch Business Plan Competition is slated to occur March 15. This event allows local and campus community members to pitch their business ideas for a chance to win up to $5,000 in seed money. This project is made possible by Invent Penn State, a University-wide initiative that aims to foster entrepreneurial growth within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Penn State has wrapped up the 2017-18 fundraising window for THON, the world's largest student-run philanthropy that battles pediatric cancer, and Schuylkill takes a closer look at "Why we dance."
Students who earn an associate degree from Luzerne County Community College can directly transfer into bachelor’s programs at five eastern Penn State campuses, leaders of the institutions announced Feb. 27 at Penn State Hazleton.
Students from Penn State's Schuylkill, University Park and Harrisburg campuses will embark on a weeklong trip over spring break to Honduras. The group will participate in medical and construction brigades.
Penn State alumnus Ken Schoener recently created a new Open Doors Scholarship with a gift of $30,000, which the University will match 2:1 through the Open Doors Scholarship Program. He also made an estate commitment to give another $125,000 to the University for the Dorothy L. Schoener Memorial Scholarship he established in 2000.
