Penn State Schuylkill has launched a new athletics
website through Prestosports. The site will be available at www.psuschuylkillathletics.com
and will contain up to the date statistics, schedules, player bios, box scores,
awards and game photos.
BY THOMAS LESKIN (STAFF [email protected]), Published: January 17, 2012
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Although to some, While Martin Luther King Jr. Day may be just another holiday, Penn State students used the day Monday to try to spur change by giving back to the community.
Kelly M. Austin, vice president of
finance and administration at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, has
been named the new chancellor at Penn State Schuylkill, effective June 1.
He replaces previous Schuylkill chancellor R. Keith Hillkirk, who moved to the
same role at Penn State Berks in 2011. Stephen Couch, director of academic
affairs, has served as interim chancellor since July.
Charles Cantalupo, distinguished professor of English, comparative literature and African studies at Penn State Schuylkill, has published a new book. "Joining Africa," published by Michigan State University Press, is an eye-opening personal history, telling the story of an American college professor's 20-year engagement with a thriving Africa rarely encountered by Western visitors, including connections to poets across the continent.
Students and parents are invited to complete their FAFSA
(Free Application for Federal Student Aid) at our FAFSA workshop on Wed. Feb.
8, 2012 at 6:00pm in 002 Classroom Building.
To be reviewed for any type of financial aid at Penn State, students
must have a current FAFSA on file, so take advantage of this brief FAFSA
completion session to get your 2012/2013 aid started. Please call 570-385-6252 to sign up.
Participating
students and parents will need to come prepared with the following:
Miners Bank recently donated a stained-glass dome valued at $25,000 to Penn State Schuylkill. The dome, separated into nine sections with a corresponding metal frame, was removed from the ceiling of the Miners Bank Tremont Branch. The Tremont Branch was built in 1910 and the dome was part of its original construction. For several years, the dome -- comprised of leaded stained glass and 9 feet in diameter -- was covered and hidden from view.
Penn State Schuylkill administrators will announce the formation of a campus/community climate committee at the Schuylkill Haven Borough Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The meeting will be held at the Senior Recreation Center, located at 340 Haven Street.
Penn State Schuylkill Police and the Schuylkill Haven Police Department continue to investigate an assault that took place shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, in an off-campus apartment on Dock Street in Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Police are seeking any and all information related to the assault, in which three victims, all Schuylkill campus students, were injured.
Penn State Schuylkill will be holding Fall 2011 graduation on Thursday,
December 15, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gymnasium, Lower Level of the
Health and Wellness Building. Allen Kiefer will be the
keynote speaker.
Allen Kiefer has a long and distinguished career in banking and finance. His banking career began over 30 years ago starting in a small community bank as a trainee and subsequently attaining positions as a cashier, investment officer, trust department manager, and president and CEO.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Penn State Schuylkill Campus will host Michael Seibel, Stage and Opera Director - Professor of Drama, Improvisation and Voice as a guest lecturer. The lecture will be on Greek Theater and its Manifestations in Western Culture and will be held at 2pm in the Morgan Auditorium on campus.