Heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Irene are expected to impact southeastern portions of Pennsylvania from the afternoon on Saturday, Aug. 27 through the evening of Sunday, Aug. 28. The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane warning for Pennsylvania's Philadelphia and Delaware counties, and a tropical storm warning for Bucks, Montgomery and Chester counties. A flood watch is in effect in those locations, as well as in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties.
As of July 1, Mary Feeney Bonawitz, assistant professor of accounting
at Penn State Schuylkill, was installed as chair of the American
Society of Women Accountants Educational Foundational (ASWAEF).
The Counseling Youth at Risk program offers the latest research
and techniques for working with youth who are dealing with family,
addiction, depression or other issues
Stephen R. Couch, professor of sociology and professor of science,
technology and society, is interim chancellor at Penn State Schuylkill.
Prior to assuming the position on July 1, Couch served for four years as
the director of academic affairs at the campus.
After receiving an undergraduate degree in music from the Oberlin
College Conservatory of Music, he remained at Oberlin College for a
master's degree in sociology. His received his doctorate in sociology
from Binghamton University, N.Y.
Center Valley, Pa. -- Penn State's Board of Trustees approved a
composite tuition increase of 3.8 percent for undergraduate students for
the 2011-12 academic year at their meeting today (July 15) at Penn
State Lehigh Valley.
"Two-thirds of our undergraduate students will see increases of
between 2.9 percent and 3.5 percent," said Penn State President Graham
B. Spanier. "As we said from the beginning, we are determined that our
students and their families will not bear the full burden of the
appropriation cuts."
By July, 16 Penn State campuses will have new high-technology
classrooms equipped with identical high-definition video conferencing
technologies that will enable faculty and students in up to four
locations to participate in the same course at the same time. The
classrooms are part of Penn State's new Video Learning Network (VLN).
The goal of this network is to help Pennsylvania adults acquire the
knowledge and skills they need for today's jobs -- which often require
college degrees or specialized training -- conveniently at a Penn State
campus close to home.
Penn State Schuylkill students
recently donated unwanted items (1/2 of a large truck) to the Salvation
Army, during the week of May 2-6. The students, who were living in the
on-campus Nittany Apartments left there unwanted items in the community
room of Nittany V as they departed on their summer break.
Jerry Balara, administrator of adult rehabilitation center, Salvation Army, Wilkes-Barre Regional Center commented,
"On behalf of the Salvatio