The Penn State Schuylkill's Women's Basketball Team will host the U.S. Army's Women's Basketball Team in a nonleague exhibition game at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Multi-Purpose Building Gymnasium at Penn State Schuylkill. Tickets cost $4 and are available at the door. Students with ID are admitted free of charge.The U.S. Army's Women Basketball team is training at Fort Indiantown Gap, in preparation for the Armed Forces Championship, also held at Fort Indiantown Gap, pitting teams from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, from March 21 to 27.
Michael J. Cardamone, professor of physics at Penn State Schuylkill, recently published a new book. "Fundamental Concepts of Physics," published by Brown-Walker, presents the science of physics in a nonthreatening, nonmathematical conceptual format. With the book's emphasis on the historical and cultural foundations of physics, the text is accessible to anyone with a curiosity concerning how we arrived at our current understanding of our physical world and its place in the universe.
The Penn State Schuylkill Business Society will sponsor a business etiquette dinner at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Fryer Conference Center, on campus. The dinner presents a chance for students and others to learn business dining protocol from Jody Newcomer of Professional Edge, York. The meal will consist of four courses and will be served by Hess Catering of Schuylkill Haven. The entree choices are ham or chicken. The event is open to the public.
Penn State Schuylkill Student Affairs and Programming Board are supporting several student-led initiatives in support and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. The theme for the initiatives will be "The Dream in Action."
The students are encouraged to visit 1-800-volunteer.org to discover the more than 150 opportunities for local volunteer service in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
Fall commencement was celebrated at Penn State Schuylkill on Thursday, December 20 in the John E. Morgan Auditorium. Chancellor R. Keith Hillkirk presided over the ceremony. (View commencement photo slide show and graduation program.)
The keynote speaker was Henry H.