More than $1,200 was left after Penn State Lehigh Valley's annual Thanksgiving food drive meals were purchased and delivered to the Sixth Street Shelter. Chancellor Tina Q. Richardson, along with students and staff involved with the food drive, presented the additional donation to Jonathan Copeland, resource and volunteer coordinator from the Sixth Street Shelter on Dec. 2.
Students from HDFS class 287 staffed a table in Centre Hall on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 to raise funds for a study abroad scholarship for one Penn State Lehigh Valley Student.
In the spirit of the holiday season, a Penn State alumnus donated a Christmas tree to display and decorate in Centre Hall. Given the diverse campus community, in addition to the Christmas tree, a menorah in celebration of Hanukkah and a kinara in celebration of Kwanzaa are also on display. Lehigh Valley campus students, faculty and staff decorated the tree on Dec. 2. Everyone was encouraged to bring ornaments and symbols that represent their culture and heritage to add to the community tree.
Mud-splattered students Kenneth A. Thigpen, second from left, with then-girlfriend and future wife Ann Marie Cianci, far left, posed with their classmates Esta Coverman and Ernie Brock near Piazza Santa Croce in front of the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence in 1966.
