Penn State Lehigh Valley held its spring 2022 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 7. A total of 120 students completed their associate or bachelor’s degree during the academic year. Of those, 92 walked at the ceremony on the campus grounds, which was presided over by Chancellor Tina Q. Richardson and Director of Academic Affairs Anibal Torres Bernal.
Penn State Lehigh Valley students in Associate Teaching Professor of Arts Administration Elizabeth Flaherty’s Intersections Between Art and Psychology course collaborated on a chalk mandala created on the campus grounds. The initiative was led by student Angi Sayid for her final research project.
Penn State Schuylkill hosted the 2022 Penn State Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday, April 23. The event featured research from dozens of students across seven campuses: Penn State Abington, Brandywine, Hazleton, Lehigh Valley, Schuylkill, Scranton and York.
Penn State Lehigh Valley celebrated undergraduate excellence at the campus’ annual Student Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 26. A large crowd of students, faculty members, staff and family members turned out for one of the marquee events of the academic year.
Penn State Lehigh Valley Student Government Association President Matt Cascioli’s dedication to the campus was recently recognized by the University-wide Council of Commonwealth Student Governments with the Dwayne A. Hilton Illumination Award, given to a campus SGA president who goes above and beyond expectations in their role as an advocate for their campus.
A team of four Penn State Smeal College of Business students partnered to win first place recently in the Second Annual Smeal Undergraduate Sustainable Business Case Competition.
After serving as a full-time lecturer at Penn State Berks for the past six years, Debra Dreisbach was recently hired to be the program coordinator for Penn State Lehigh Valley's new Criminal Justice program. Prior to her career in academia, Dreisbach spent 25 years in federal law enforcement, serving as a special agent with the Office of Inspector General, FBI and Secret Service.
Internationally recognized scholar Marijana Grbeša Zenzerović of the University of Zagreb in Croatia recently returned to Penn State Lehigh Valley to deliver the lecture "Communication in Times of Crisis: A Critical Take on the Pandemic and War in Ukraine." Grbeša Zenzerović served as the campus’ first visiting scholar and professor during the fall 2018 semester.
Eight Advisory Board members from Lehigh Valley LaunchBox powered by Penn State have created a $145,000 endowment to sustain the business accelerator's long-term efforts. The board members contributed $72,500 to the fund, which was matched by Penn State.
Penn State President-elect Neeli Bendapudi visited Penn State Lehigh Valley on Monday, April 18, as part of her listening tour to meet with students, faculty and staff across Penn State’s campuses. During her tour stop, President-elect Bendapudi met in separate town hall-style sessions with staff and faculty, community partners (including advisory board members, alumni, and government and business leaders) and students.
