Penn State Schuylkill has named nearly 300 — nearly half of the campus's student body — students as fall 2021 dean’s list designees. To earn a dean’s list designation, students must end the semester with a 3.5 GPA or higher. The campus will celebrate the students’ accomplishments at a ceremony held on Monday, April 4.
Rick Brazier, senior associate dean for faculty and research in the Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses, has been named interim dean of Penn State’s 14-campus University College.
Penn State Schuylkill’s Radiological Sciences program has released its program effectiveness data for the five-year span between 2016 and 2020, revealing a 95.8% credentialing examination pass rate on first attempt, 100% job placement rate, and 91.7% program completion rate. These successes are evident in two standout program graduates who serve as directors of imaging services at Schuylkill County’s hospitals.
The peer tutoring program at Penn State Schuylkill is a free and easy-to-access resource for all Penn State Schuylkill students, and its benefits to the peer tutors themselves are just as impressive as the benefits to their tutees.
Schuylkill Benefiting THON, Penn State Schuylkill’s chapter of the philanthropic student organization, raised more than $18,875 this year in the fight against pediatric cancer — part of the record-setting $13.7 million raised by THON University-wide.
Despite fielding a team of mostly first-year players, Coach Charles Killian led the Penn State Schuylkill women’s basketball team on a thrilling run all the way to the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference championship game.
Penn State Schuylkill business students engaged in a weeklong celebration of Future Business Leaders of America – Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) Week, participating in community service and networking initiatives with Schuylkill County’s business community.
Penn State Schuylkill third-year corporate communication student Sophia Bates and fourth-year biology student Michael Russell have been serving in Penn State’s Undergraduate Research Ambassadors Program, designed to encourage undergraduate research and creative activity throughout the University. The pair are two of three students representing Penn State’s Commonwealth Campuses.
Sarah Princiotta, assistant professor of biology at Penn State Schuylkill, has recently returned from a trip to Sweden where she conducted research at a specialized facility to examine the role of aquatic microbes under ice.
A group of Penn State Schuylkill business students traveled to Germany with their instructors over spring break as an extension of a new class focused on developing cultural intelligence in the workplace.
