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Senior Send Off

Graduates gathered to celebrate with their guests, plus alumni and Penn State Lehigh Valley faculty and staff, during the Senior Send-Off on Apr. 29 at the Centennial Catering and Conference Center.

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Liz Keptner:

Liz Keptner (right), director of the multimedia innovation center, received the Academic Affairs Director’s Award for outstanding accomplishment in innovation and applied learning, along with Kasey Hudak, not pictured. The award was presented by Tina Q. Richardson, chancellor at Penn State Lehigh Valley (left), and Douglas Hochstetler, interim director of academic affairs (not pictured).

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Undergraduate research successes

Penn State Lehigh Valley students Zoha Babar, Sheherbano Hussain and Jimmy Hadid, and Associate Professor of Biology Jacqueline S. McLaughlin, gathered in front of their poster titled, "The Potential of Coating Polyurethane with ‘Self-like’ Molecules to Reduce the Host Response to Implanted Medical Devices."  They took second place in the Biological Sciences and Health category at the Penn State Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium at Penn State Abington on April 21. Their poster was also presented at the 2018 Undergraduate Research Exhibition in University Park. 

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Bob Wolfe and Beth Michalec: Outstanding Contribution in Service Award

Bob Wolfe (left), lecturer in economics and coordinator of the Corporate Communication program, and Beth Michalec (right), lecturer in corporate communication, received the 2018 Outstanding Contribution in Service Award from Tina Q. Richardson (center), chancellor at Penn State Lehigh Valley and Douglas Hochstetler, interim director of academic affairs (not pictured).