As soon as he graduated, Nick Shugars took his Penn State degree to Los Angeles, where his savvy job search skills and hard work earned him a coveted job at Warner Bros. Entertainment.
A loyal Penn Stater through and through, Joe Gera wanted to give back to the place where it all began, and created the Joseph S. Gera Engineering Scholarship at Penn State Schuylkill.
Penn State Go, the official all-in-one mobile app, is available to download in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Penn State Go delivers single sign-on access to features including Canvas, Penn State email, shuttle bus tracking, campus maps, grades, class schedules, tuition bills via LionPATH, LionCash+, library services, Starfish academic advising, and more.
Incidences of bullying are higher among high-school students living in rural areas than in urban areas, according to three Penn State Schuylkill undergraduate students, who also found that bullied students in rural areas are more likely to skip class and school activities than their urban counterparts. They presented their research at the American Society of Criminology’s annual meeting held in San Francisco in November.
Joe Medica, one of Penn State Schuylkill’s first LionLaunch Business Plan Competition seed money winners, has opened a storefront for the business he pitched to a judges’ panel back in 2017. Medica’s business, Athletics in Motion, offers space for sports teams and individuals to hone their skills while engaging in fun competitions. Schuylkill County welcomed Medica’s new storefront in the Fairlane Village Mall at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
Charles Cantalupo, distinguished professor of English, African studies and comparative literature at Penn State Schuylkill, has translated a multitude of poems from African languages to English. Recently, his translations have been used to translate African-language poetry into even more languages, amplifying voices that have been censored by colonization and war.
The Penn State Schuylkill Co-Op is a new initiative that will blend classroom learning with relevant paid work experiences across the full four years of students’ undergraduate studies.
For her athletic efforts, academic excellence and community service, Penn State Schuylkill's Melissa Ramirez has been recognized as Student-Athlete of the Year, women’s cross-country division.
