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Alex McConnell

Lt. j.g. Alex McConnell served as keynote speaker at the Veterans Day celebration held at the Lehigh Valley campus on Nov. 12.

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CRS Collegiate Challenge

The first-place winners of the CRS Collegiate Challenge were from Penn State Scranton. The winning team is pictured here with the Sherwin-Williams team . The team took home a traveling trophy to be housed at their campus until next year’s challenge. These winners also received a $250 scholarship from Sherwin-Williams.  

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THON 5K

About 70 students and friends ran 3.1 miles on Nov. 4 to raise funds for pediatric cancer research at the Penn State Lehigh Valley Benefiting THON 5K.

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THON 5K

Penn State Lehigh Valley Benefiting THON hosted the campus’ Benefiting THON 5K on Nov. 4 at Hanover Township Community Center. 

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Photo of the Week Reading Anew: Voices from the Past

The first "Reading Anew: Voices from the Past" event took place on Nov. 6 at the Lehigh Valley campus. Faculty and students read from text relevant to their discipline and a discussion of ideas followed. The objective of the panel was to encourage students to consider the intellectual history of the academic programs Penn State offers. PSU-LV Corporate Communication Senior Naseeba Saeed read from “Nicromachean Ethics” translated by Terence Irwin, 2nd ed. The other featured readings were from Herman Melville's “Moby-Dick” and Lewis Thomas's “The Lives of a Cell."