In the first year of the Lion-Hearted Initiative, Penn State Lehigh Valley plans to enroll 15 students. The goal of the program is to support first-year, first-time students.
Jennifer Parker, associate professor of sociology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has received the 2018 President’s Award for Engagement With Students. Nick Jones (right) presented Parker with her award on Apr. 3 at University Park.
Nichola D. Gutgold, professor of communication arts and sciences at Penn State Lehigh Valley, received one of the Alumni/Student Awards for Excellence in Teaching, and Gutgold was named a 2018 Penn State Teaching Fellows. Nick Jones (right) presented Gutgold with her award on Apr. 3 at University Park.
Todd Retzlaff, associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Lehigh Valley, was the featured keynote speaker at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 5.
Some of the winning students from the Undergraduate Research Symposium posed together on April 5 at the Lehigh Valley campus with three of the faculty mentors, Tracey Carbonetto (far left), Jennifer Parker (second from left), and Jacqueline McLaughlin (far right).
The Pennsylvania Recovery Organization Alliance provided a quilt entitled “Our Lives Matter,” which depicted people lost to addiction, each panel of which was created by the victim’s family. This was displayed in Centre Hall at the Lehigh Valley campus during RHS day.
Voices for Change provided a banner entitled “Time to Remember, Time to Act,” which depicted local residents who have died from overdoses. This hung in Centre Hall at the Lehigh Valley campus for attendees of RHS day to view.
Joe Starace, Lehigh University graduate intern at the Center of Humanistic Change, shared his journey to recovery from substance abuse on Apr. 3 at the Lehigh Valley campus.