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Salladasburg hosts ‘Games with Grandparents’ event

Salladasburg Elementary School recently hosted an event for their students and their grandparents. The school invited grandparents to come into the school during the day and play board games with their grandchildren. This was a wonderful opportunity for the district to hold an event ...

Campus community helps local families in need

LOCK HAVEN — The Lock Haven Community Service Office recently hosted its annual Adopt A Family project in partnership with the Salvation Army in Lock Haven. Members of the Lock Haven campus community were asked to donate gifts to children in need. Volunteers were provided a wish list of items the children had requested. The LHU community provided 100 local children with an abundance of gifts. Without the support from the campus, many of these children would have had a less fortunate holiday. More than 95 campus volunteers provided more than 350 hours of community service to this ...

Student receives highest award from national organization

In a few short years, McKenzie Sweigart plans to pursue her dream working as a wildlife biologist. As a junior in Keystone College’s wildlife biology program, she’s off to an excellent start. McKenzie recently received the American FFA Degree, the highest award given by the non-profit ...

Loyalsock Township High School Students of the Month

Loyalsock Township High School selects one student a month to acknowledge as students of the month. Harris Kahn has been nominated by the science department for the month of November, and Emma Strickland has been nominated by the math department for the month of December. Harris Khan, son ...

Company president/alumnus establishes student scholarships

The founder and president of a Troy manufacturing company, who is also an alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor institution Williamsport Area Community College, has established two scholarships to benefit students in engineering design and manufacturing majors. John M. ...

Commonwealth University receives funding for transfer initiative

BLOOMSBURG — Commonwealth University was selected as one of nine recipients nationwide for a catalyst grant in the first round of funded projects by the National Association of System Heads (NASH). Commonwealth University’s Transfer Team developed an “Earn What you have Earned” initiative which undertook a transcript audit of all transfer students to ensure they were awarded credit they had earned through the application of the newly revised PASSHE Student Transfer Policy. The NASH Catalyst grant will be utilized to create broader engagement leading to increased equitable ...