Each year, Penn State honors several members of its faculty and staff for the highest levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service. The 2015 Faculty/Staff Award recipients — 33 outstanding University employees and one program — reach across campuses, colleges and administrative units and exemplify best practices and achievements among Penn Staters reflecting the University's mission of teaching, research and service.
Charles Cantalupo, Distinguished Professor of English, comparative literature and African studies, spent years traveling to and researching the cities where one of America’s all-time greatest writers, Edgar Allan Poe, lived throughout his life. On June 4, he performed for the first time the entire sequence of his poems on where Poe lived, called “Poe in Place.”
Downtown Bethlehem Association (DBA) businesses in downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania are coming together from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 to raise funds for pediatric cancer in honor of Penn State Lehigh Valley Day.
Justine Shuey, a board-certified sexologist and certified sexuality educator, will present a program to students about healthy relationships at 12:15 p.m. on Sept. 10 at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
Downtown Bethlehem Association (DBA) businesses that participated in the second Penn State Lehigh Valley Day donated 5 percent of their sales from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 1, helping to raise more than $3,600 in the fight against pediatric cancer.
Penn State Lehigh Valley has been designated a 2016 Military Friendly School by Victory Media. The Military Friendly Schools designation is awarded to the top colleges, universities, community colleges and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to dedicate resources to ensure their success both in the classroom and after graduation.
Penn State is marking Sexual Assault Awareness month this April with a range of events and initiatives across the Commonwealth that offer educational opportunities, focus attention on the issue and bring the community together to stop sexual misconduct.
Ann Lalik, gallery director and arts coordinator at Penn State Lehigh Valley, was recognized with a 2016 Staff Recognition Award from the Pennsylvania State University Staff Advisory Council (USAC).