SPRING 2010 COURSE SCHEDULE

• Undergraduate courses
  http://schedule.psu.edu/soc/spring/Allhn/a-c/index.html

FALL 2009 COURSE SCHEDULE

• Undergraduate courses
  http://schedule.psu.edu/soc/fall/Allhn/a-c/index.html

• Semester dates, registration dates and instructions can be found at the Registrar's Office.

• the University at: http://flu.psu.edu   

• the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ 

• the Pennsylvania Department of Health at: http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?q=252990

FAQs for:

Students: http://live.psu.edu/story/41754

Parents:  http://live.psu.edu/story/41759

Additional H1N1 FAQs

What is Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) and what makes this different?
Novel H1N1 is a different strain of the common influenza; the difference is the rate of spread across the globe. There is almost no difference between the symptoms of H1N1 and the common flu.

Is it safe for me to be around someone who has H1N1? What are the risks?
Yes, it is safe. This risk is no greater at work than any other gathering of people such as football games, shopping, or community and religious gatherings. Novel H1N1 is spread the same way as other flu viruses, close personal contact (within 6 feet) and exposure to the bodily fluids (sneezing being the most prominent). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) suggests regular hand washing as the best preventative measure. If sanitizers are used they must be alcohol based but even if they are not, clean hands are still the best prevention against the spread of the virus.

Do I need to use special cleaning chemicals to reduce the spread of H1N1 or to disinfect surfaces?
Left undisturbed the virus will live less than 2-8 hours on a surface; any cleaning chemical that is “anti-viral,” such as Lysol, PineSol, Scrubbing Bubbles, will disinfect surfaces.

How does one become infected with H1N1?
Spread of Novel H1N1 virus is thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their eyes, mouth or nose.

What can I do to reduce the spread of Novel H1N1 flu in the workplace?
Novel H1N1 is very similar to the seasonal flu. In order to reduce your risk of contracting H1N1, you should do the following:
1. Avoid close contact (within 6 feet) with people who are sick.
2. If you get influenza-like illness symptoms, stay home from work or school, except to seek medical care. Limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Medical authorities are recommending that individuals remain in self-isolation for 24 hours after flu symptoms end.
3. Cover your mouth and nose when you cough and sneeze with a tissue and dispose of promptly in a waste can. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your sleeve.
4. Clean your hands frequently with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub.
5. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
6. Practice other good health habits, such as a healthy diet, exercise, and adequate sleep.
7. Do not share eating utensils, drink containers, etc. that increase the risk of contact with germs through saliva.

Is it safe to use the restrooms?
As you know we diligently clean all of our community bathrooms on a daily basis. The chemicals that we use to clean have been rated to kill any Influenza A virus on contact. Novel H1N1 falls into the Influenza A virus category and therefore, the chemicals used in the bathroom will kill that virus on contact making the bathrooms safe and clean. We are following cleaning procedures recommended by Environmental Health and Safety and the State Department of Health.

I’m starting to feel sick. What are the symptoms of Novel H1N1?
The symptoms are similar to the seasonal flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Many people also experience diarrhea and vomiting. Individuals are typically contagious from about one day before symptoms start until about 7 days later or 24 hours after a fever breaks, whichever is longer.

If you are concerned, seek medical attention with your primary care physician. The most important thing you can do is stay home and avoid contact with others. This may include not coming into work. You will need to do the regular things you do when you have the flu, rest, drink lots of liquids, and watch your temperature. If you are not feeling well, it is important for you to practice “social distancing” which means that you try to stay at least 6 feet from other individuals who are not sick.

I think I’ve been exposed to H1N1. What should I do?
If you have been exposed to an individual with flu-like symptoms, there is no need to immediately seek medical attention. There is an incubation period of 1-3 days and medical professionals will not be able to determine if you will get sick during this time. Continue to monitor how you are feeling, drink liquids, get plenty of rest, eat a healthy diet, and exercise during this time. If you begin to feel sick or exhibit symptoms call your primary care physician to seek medical advice.
If you have a chronic condition such as diabetes, asthma, an immune system disorder, or other chronic health condition, contact a health provider upon exposure to seek their advice and determine any necessary preventative or early-symptom treatment.

What is the University doing with students who are diagnosed with H1N1?
More than likely, the student will go home to recuperate in a quiet environment for a few days. If the student is not able to go home, the student will stay in their room to get rest and get well for a few days. Foods staff will provide meal service to the student during that time.

The latter species, also known by the Latin scientific name of Numenius borealis, will be the subject of a “Great Books” discussion of “Last of the Curlews” by Fred Bodsworth at Penn State Hazleton. The event, free and open to the public, will start at 7 p.m., Mon., Nov. 16, the Harlam Lounge of the campus administration building.

In this conservation classic novel, first published in 1955, Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew’s perilous migration from the Arctic to South America its search for a mate. “The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction and for all in nature that is endangered,” according to a publisher’s note on the outside back page of the 175-page account.

A Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology paper, available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/conservation/extinctions/eskimo_curlew/document_view includes the following overview of this avian species’ life history and demise:

“Until the 1870s, immense flocks of Eskimo curlews migrating in fall through the Canadian Maritime provinces and New England fattened up on blueberries and fruits of other heathland shrubs before heading south over the Atlantic Ocean to South America. Similarly sized flocks en route north in the spring fed upon grasshoppers and other insects in the Great Plains.

“Despite its vast numbers, the Eskimo curlew population was devastated over just a 20-year period, and was rarely seen after 1890. Now it is almost certainly extinct. Such a swift disappearance can be explained by a lethal combination of three simultaneous events.

• “After Passenger Pigeons disappeared, the Eskimo curlew became the target of choice for market hunters in search of new foods to exploit.
• “During its migration northward in April and May, the Eskimo curlew depended almost exclusively on the abundant insect foods of native tallgrass and mixed grass prairies. In the late 1800s, these critical habitat patches were virtually eliminated by wholesale conversion of prairies to agricultural fields and by widespread suppression of wildfire.
• "Extinction of the Eskimo curlew's primary spring food item, the Rocky Mountain grasshopper.”

Copies of the book are available at a discounted price for "Great Books" participants are available through the campus bookstore.

For more information on the "Great Books" series or other events at Penn State Hazleton, call the University Relations Office at 570-450-3180.

Penn State Hazleton's Faculty Lecture Committee will sponsor the annual George Tseo Memorial Lecture featuring Majid Mohiuddin, former assistant professor of radiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and a specialist in Islamic art, literature, and poetry. Dr. Mohiuddin will discuss "Islamic Art and Architecture." The event, free and open to the public, will take place at 7 p.m., Tues., Nov. 10 in Kostos Building 1.

In addition to his medical expertise in radiology and oncology, Dr. Mohiuddin has published numerous works of original poetry and has been invited to deliver poetry readings at Brown University, Harvard, MIT and other prestigious institutions. 

Born and raised in Cherry Hill, NJ, he completed dual B.A. and M.D. degrees in the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) at Brown University, along with an independent study in Persuasive (communication) Methods in Ethical/Moral Thinking in under three years. He earned his medical degree from Brown University Medical School and completed his radiation oncology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He also trained in brachytherapy at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard.

Following his residency training, Dr. Mohiuddin was an assistant professor at the University of Maryland in Baltimore for three years. He specialized in breast and gynecological malignancies, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, and received several research awards. He also has been an invited speaker to the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the FDA. Dr. Mohiuddin is a member of ASTRO, the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the Radiation Research Society (RRS). Recently, Dr. Mohiuddin joined Northwest Radiation Oncology in Houston, TX. 

The George Tseo Memorial Lecture is named in memory of George K. Y. Tseo, Ph.D., assistant professor of earth sciences, who taught at Penn State Hazleton from 1988 until he passed away in October 2005 from brain cancer. In addition to teaching meteorology, he was the author of numerous publications in a variety of forums on the Chinese economy and served as a Chinese policy consultant.

For more information, contact the Public Information Office at 570-450-3180.

The next installment of the Arts and Music Series at Penn State Hazleton will feature an outstanding performance by the Piscataway Indian Nation at 8 p.m., Tues., Nov. 10, in the Slusser/Bayzick Building. The event is free and open to the public.

Performing Native American dance, drum and song for more than 30 years, the Piscataway Indian Nation will present its well-known living history program during Native American Heritage Month. The troupe gives programs throughout the world and also appeared in the movie “Dances with Wolves” starring Kevin Costner. Leader and narrator Mark Wild Turkey Tayac is the son of the 28th hereditary chief of the Piscataway Nation, one of the best-known American Indian nations in the Chesapeake region.

The Piscataway Indian Nation Singers and Dancers regularly perform at the Smithsonian’s Museum of the American Indian as well as national pow-wows, festivals and colleges. The group’s purpose is not only to entertain, but also educate audiences about the history, culture and contemporary issues of Native Americans. They frequently contribute to programming on the History and Discovery channels.

The next program in the Arts and Music Series will be held 8 p.m., Tues., Feb. 9, in the Highacres Cafe, the campus dining hall, with Michael Fosberg's one-man show “Incognito,” the autobiographical story of Fosberg's discovery at age 32 that he was actually black, not white as he was raised to believe.

For additional information, call the Public Information Office at 570-450-3180.

Nineteen Girl Scouts, in sixth through twelfth grades, will be mentored by club members and participate in several experiments related to light, including those on wave length, moving light, bending light, light in action and illusions. Additionally, the future of light applications and careers in optics such as digital document restoration, laser engraving, and more will be explored.

This is the second year that the Science and Engineering Club has hosted the Girl Scouts. Participating club members, under the guidance of Associate Professor of Chemistry Mamoun Bader, include Laura Alferes, Sarah Bademan, Muhamed Jaffal, Rachit Kumar, Basant Nassar, Mit Patel and Daniela Zhang.

Dr. Robinson and Dean Stubberud will discuss development of an exchange program between Penn State Hazleton and Buskerud to provide international study opportunities for students, which made Hazleton the first campus in Penn State to offer a study abroad session in Norway, other than student teaching experience. Two students from Penn State Hazleton successfully completed International Management and International Marketing during a summer 2008 session at Buskerud. This reciprocal program will bring Norwegian students to Penn State Hazleton for a semester of study.

In addition to speaking at Penn State Hazleton, Dean Stubberud will be a guest presenter at the Hazleton Rotary meeting on Wednesday.

From August 2008 to July 2009, Dr. Robinson tught business courses at graduate and undergraduate levels and performed joint management research projects with Buskerud faculty. She was one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty and professionals to travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program which was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.

Dr. Robinson first visited Norway in May and June 2004 with Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange, a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. She began to study the language and returned several times to visit friends and improve her language skills at the University of Oslo, eventually passing the fluency certification in 2006.

At Penn State, Dr. Robinson has taught a variety of business administration, management, international business, marketing and economics courses. Her research topics include entrepreneurship, particularly rural women small business owners, as well as a project on business incubators. Her pedagogical research has focused on the use of interactive technologies, such as “clickers” (student response systems) and podcasting.

While at Buskerud University College, Dr. Robinson taught classes in organization and management, consumer behavior, travel and tourism marketing, and negotiating. Additionally, she assisted the Fulbright office in Oslo with podcasting.

For more information, please contact the Office of University Relations at 570-450-3180.

Dr. Sherry Robinson	Dean Hans Anton Stubberud

The Riley family of Hazleton will present their story of “Realistically Speaking: Growing UP with DOWN Syndrome” as part of Penn State Hazleton’s Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Faculty Lecture Committee, the event will begin at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Oct. 8, in room 1 of the Kostos Building, and is free and open to the public.

This unique presentation will provide insight into growing up with a disability from three viewpoints – parent from Nola Riley, sibling from Molly Riley-Cygan, and the individual from Catherine Riley. They will share their philosophy that led to Catherine becoming a successful teacher’s aide and their journey of disability advocating through high expectations, realism, and humor.

Nola Riley recently retired after 35 years as an English and language arts teacher of children in elementary and middle schools. She holds master’s degree in early childhood and elementary education with a concentration in special education, and a bachelor’s degree is in English. She currently volunteers as director of theatrical productions at McAdoo Catholic School and is involved in her church as a lector. Her hobbies include watercolor painting, crafts, sewing, aerobics, kickboxing, reading, public speaking and traveling. She and her husband, Gene, are parents of thee children, John, Molly, and Catherine, and grandparents to Jack, Kaitlin, Maggie, and Lila Kate.

Molly Riley-Cygan is a special education teacher who earned her master’s degree in special education and bachelor’s degree in English. Before converting to part-time work and full-time parenting, Molly worked in the classroom as a learning support and life skills special education teacher on the elementary and middle school levels. Currently, she enjoys working in the field of early intervention as a special instructor. She is a member of and volunteer for the Eastern Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center and serves as coordinator for their hospital outreach program. She and her husband, Brendan, also a special education teacher, have two daughters, Maggie and Lila Kate. 

A 32-year-old teacher’s aide in the Hazleton Area School District, Catherine currently works in first and second grade inclusion classes, where she assists special education, regular education, and ESL students. She credits her success to the hands-on training she received in her high school transition program. Her impressive skills led to an office position upon graduation and a promotion to classroom assistant. Catherine’s busy social life includes membership at a gym where she takes aerobics, circuit training, and kickboxing classes. She is a Eucharistic minister at her parish and has a close network of friends through her church, job and aerobics class. Her hobbies include writing poetry, listening to music, dancing and watching reality TV. Recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease, Catherine keeps daily food journals and manages her weight independently. 

For additional information, call the Public Information Office at 450-3180.

Penn State Hazleton's annual Community Day, a celebration of the relationship between campus and the Greater Hazleton community, will be held Sun., Oct. 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the campus. Sponsored by the Hazleton Education Council, the campus advisory board, Community Day is free and all are invited to attend. The event will be held rain or shine, with most outdoor venues moved indoors in inclement weather.

Community Day is designed to showcase the resources of the campus and the university and the talents of the area community members and campus students, faculty and staff. The event features entertainment and fun, historical and educational components, and food and refreshments. Annual favorites of the event include horse-drawn wagon rides around the picturesque campus, interactive “Education Stations” with Penn State Hazleton faculty and friends, and sales of University Creamery ice cream.

The schedule of events for 2009 includes:

Arts and Entertainment
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5 p.m.	Mugs and Magic		Sponsored by: Leader Data Processing
	Caricatures by Angie Jordan	Campus Mall, near bookstore	Free for kids!
	Strolling Magician Scott Sullivan	Various
	Campus Artwork Collection	Graham Lobby	NEW! Commissioned Anniversary Artwork and   other additions
1 to 2	Fiddler Paul Riffon Sponsored by: Fellins’s Jewelry Store	Administration Bldg. Garden	American, Irish dance tunes, and  Appalachian-style fiddle music
1:30 to 2:15	Northeastern PA Migrant Education  Song and Dance Group	Slusser/Bayzick Building	Youth cultural performance
3 to 5	Hoozya Daddy	Slusser/Bayzick Building	Alumni classic rock band based in the
Education and Information
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5	Campus Alumni Tribute	Library	Legacy Project, Photos, Memories
	La Vie Online	Library	Browse University yearbooks
	Hazleton Collegian	Library	Search digital archives of the student newspaper
	Study Abroad	Library	Faculty & student experiences
	Alumni Travel	Library	Explore and travel the world with Penn Staters
	University Libraries Collection	Library	Discover the resources available at the Library
	Digital Commons and Information Technology Demonstrations/Information	Butler 115, 116 (lower level)	See the newest resource for students and faculty
1 to 4	Education Station: Dr. Chris Goguen	Campus Mall	Animals with Antlers and Horns
	Education Station: Dr. Lisa Swenson	Campus Mall	Alzheimer’s Research
	Education Station: Dr. Shaobiao Cai	Campus Mall	Robotic arm/Skill crane
	Education Station: Master Gardeners	Campus Mall	Gardening Advice and Insect Display & Rubbing Plates
	Education Station: Luzerne Co. 4-H	Campus Mall	Seeing Eye Puppy Club: PawAbilities
	Education Station: Dr. Wes Grebski	Parking Lot across from Lion	Solar-powered car
1:45 to 2:30	Education Station: Mary Ann Miller	Graham 109	Tips for Vegetable Gardeners
2 to 3	Education Station: Drs. Maggie and	Graham 114	Teaching with Technology
	Peter Froehlich
2:30	Education Station: Dr. David Orbin	Graham 109	Seven Principles for a Sustainable Landscape
2:30 to 3:30	Education Station: Dr. Carl Frankel	Meet on Campus Mall, near tent	Hidden Pleasures of our Woods & Fields (Nature walk)
2:30 to 4	Education Station: Dr. Alfredo Jimenez	Campus Mall	“Mathemagic”
3 to 4	Education Station: Dr. Molly Wertheimer	Graham 114	150 Years of Women at Penn State
3:30	Education Station: Dr. David Orbin	Meet on Campus Mall, near tent	Landscapers’ Walk
Information Tables
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5	General Information	1. Driveway of Admin. Bldg.	Information on Community Day
		2. Main entrance to Phys. Ed. Building
1 to 5	Admissions, Continuing Education,  Alumni Chapter and Alumni Society	Driveway of Admin. Bldg.	Learn more about Penn State Hazleton and how to get involved
Demonstrations/Tours/Fun
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5	Wii Bowling	Gym, Phys. Ed. Building	Test your skill on a large screen video game
	Horse-drawn Wagon Rides Sponsored by: Standard-Speaker and MedQ Systems, Inc.	Parking Lot B (across from Lion)	Enjoy a ride around the picturesque Penn State Hazleton campus
		Phys. Ed. Building Parking Lot
		South Hall (residence hall)
	Nittany Lion Cubs’ Den	Butler, Upper Lobby	Variety of activities for kids with student groups Rotaract, THON, Student Government  Association and more!
	Student Club Displays	Butler, Upper Lobby	Activities of Penn State Hazleton students
	Photos with the Nittany Lion	Nittany Lion Statue	Free photos!
2, 3 and 4	Campus Tours	Meet at Nittany Lion statue  in front of Admin. Bldg.	Learn about Penn State Hazleton from a  Lion Ambassador!
2 to 3 and 4 to 5	Zumba Dancing Demonstration	Gym	Watch and learn the newest fitness craze!
Student Group Activities
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5	Nittany Lion Cubs’ Den	Butler, Upper Lobby	Variety of activities for kids with student
	Student Club Displays	Butler, Upper Lobby	Activities of Penn State Hazleton students
	Food and Refreshment Sales	Lawn between Butler & Phys Ed Building	Enjoy a hot dog, Sloppy Joe or chocolate chip cookie. Proceeds benefit THON!
Bookstore
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5		Bookstore	Wide variety of Penn State merchandise, gifts and more!
Food and Refreshments
Time	Event	Location	Description
1 to 5	Food and Refreshment Sales	Lawn between Butler & Phys Ed Building	Enjoy a hot dog, Sloppy Joe or chocolate chip cookie. Proceeds benefit THON!
	Don’t forget dessert- Creamery Ice Cream!	Garden - Next to Administration Building	Hand-dipped Peachy Paterno, Vanilla and Chocolate ice cream!
	Creamery Ice Cream pick-up	Loading dock - Highacres Café (Dining hall)	If you pre-ordered half-gallons of ice cream, don't forget to pick them up!

At the brunch, alumni and guests will be treated to a bountiful brunch featuring Jonathan’s specialty–crème brulee French toast, along with scrambled eggs with cheese sauce, home fries, bacon and sausage, fruit, assorted pastries, and an assortment of beverages.

Additionally, attendees will receive alumni and anniversary mementos, photos with the Nittany Lion, and special recognition of alumni. Campus tours with Lion Ambassadors will be available following the brunch. Registration with payment must be received by September 14. Prices are $25 for adults, and $15 for guests 14 and under. A special edition campus alumni polo shirt is available to order at an additional cost. All reunion attendees will also receive an coupon for a free scoop of University Creamery ice cream at Community Day.

The reunion will be held prior to the start of Community Day, the annual celebration of campus and community, which spans the entire campus with free activities, entertainment and education stations from 1 to 5 p.m.

Reservations may be made by completing the reservation form or by calling the alumni office at 570-450-3016.

Complete details and parking registration form are available at: Parking Policies.

For additional information, contact the Parking Office at 570-450-3040.

Penn State Hazleton encourages students, faculty and staff to enroll in PSUTXT, an easy and accessible system that lets them know via cell phone when classes are canceled due to weather conditions or if the campus has an emergency situation. Sign up now for PSUTXT and, when necessary, Penn State Hazleton will send a text message alert directly to your cell phone and/or e-mail account.

To register, visit http://newswires.psu.edu/ and click on the PSUTXT REGISTER button at the bottom of the page to sign up. For information, contact Annemarie Mountz at amountz@psu.edu.

In celebration of Penn State Hazleton's 75th anniversary, we invite alumni and friends to interact using the Penn State Hazleton Forum. Feel free to share remembrances, catch up with old friends and find out what is happening at the campus.

For more information on alumni involvement at Penn State Hazleton, contact Carole Shearer, alumni and development specialist, at (570) 450-3016.

Insight Outlook Nov. 2008 (PDF)

Complete stories:

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• Penn State Hazleton Alumni Legacy Project

PSU grads urged to go 'above and beyond'
By Tom Ragan
Standard-Speaker

Urging graduates of the Penn State Hazleton Class of 2008 to "think about going above and beyond," the secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania delivered the commencement address to about 600 people inside the campus' gymnasium.

Family, friends and faulcty watched as 32 received baccalaureate degrees, 46 associate degrees and three master's degrees as cameras flashed throughout the dimmed physical education building.

Men and women paraded in wearing caps and gowns and took their seats that were set up in rows, arranged that way for the first time, without the use of the bleachers in the gym.

Cortes, himself a Penn State graduate, having earned a master's degree in public administration and law degree from Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law, told the graduates that someone once told him he would benefit from a higher education.

"I advise you to work hard and long hours, and go beyond what your job description is, and to always volunteer to work warly and stay after hours when asked. You have to create opportunities for yourself," he said.

"Lead by example, always have a good heart, empower your subordinates, share your success with others and don't be afraid to rake a calculated risk."

Cortes mentioned the late baseball player, Roberto Clemente, who was taking supplies to Nicaragua following an earthquake in 1972 when he was killed in a plane crash.

Cortes said Clemente would always say "that any time you have the opportunity to make a difference in this world and you do not, it is a waste."

Commencement 2008

Penn State students received degrees and awards during Penn State Hazleton's thirty-eighth annual commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 16, 2008.

Director of Academic Affairs Monica E. Gregory and Senior Instructor of Mathematics Marlene Guers presented the candidates to Chancellor Gary M. Lawler who conferred thirty-two baccalaureate degrees, forty-six associate degrees, and three master’s degrees to students completing programs of study at Penn State Hazleton and other Penn State locations who chose to participate in the graduation ceremony here.

Rosemarie Petrilla, B.H.S., M.P.T., D.P.T., Physical Therapist Assistant Program Coordinator and president of the Penn State Hazleton Faculty Senate, served as the faculty marshal and led the academic processional.

Gary F. Lamont, ’74, president of the Hazleton Educational Council, the campus advisory board, extended special recognition to the graduates and those who supported them in their educational endeavors.

Denise Corcoran, ’89, president of the Penn State Hazleton Alumni Society, inducted the new graduates into the Penn State Alumni Association.

Bachelor’s Degrees
Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of the Liberal Arts: Nellie M. Manis, Valley View.

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the College of the Liberal Arts: Nellie M. Manis, Valley View.

Bachelor of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences from the College of the Liberal Arts: Kimberlee A. Gallagher, McAdoo.

Bachelor of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences from the University College: Luis F. Borrero, Fort Worth, TX; Justin C. Bower, Conyngham; Stephanie N. Farley, Drums; Ashley L. Kessell, Weatherly; Zachery M. Maurer, Nesquehoning; Tiffany D. Meno, East Stroudsburg; Marisol I. Velez, Hazleton; Errol J. Wizda, Jessup; and Beth A. Yurovchak, West Hazleton.

Bachelor of Science in Biobehavioral Health from the College of Health & Human Development: Thomas R. Hudson, Manasquan Park, NJ.
Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences and Technology from the College of Information Sciences and Technology: Anthony F. Decusatis, Mountain Top; Michelle R. England, Glen Mills; Christopher A. Kerr, Hazleton; Amanda L. Mack, Tremont; Jedediah J. Panco, Hazleton; Natalie A. Sharbaugh, Summit Hill; and Ian A. Whitcomb, Mahanoy City.

Bachelor of Science in Business from the University College: Peter T. Bard, Hazleton; Brandi L. Budd, Lykens; Robert G. Ebinger, Effort; Brandon Magzanian, Blakeslee; Sara A. Michalyshin, Tresckow; Dharell L. Mosby, South Ozone Park, NY; Scott P. Murphy, Freeland; Gary A. Rarick, Tamaqua; Charles A. Smulligan Jr., St. Clair; Jesse S. Sokolofski, Sugarloaf; Tara L. Timmons, Weston; and Jacob Wright, Allentown, NJ.

Associate Degrees
Associate in Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences from the University College: Ashley D. Ellis, Gillett; Luke J. Hunsinger, Bloomsburg; Leigh A. Lescavage, Minersville; Sarah M. McCloskey, West Pittston; Joseph M. Pecora, Sugarloaf; Laura M. Phillips, Drums; and Donald H. Smedley, Danville.

Associate in Engineering Technology in Electrical Engineering Technology from the College of Engineering: Justin A. Debalko, McAdoo; Brad T. Gerhard, Weatherly; and Christopher G. Lee, White Haven.

Associate in Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the College of Engineering: Adam B. Bachert, Quakake; Timothy F. Boyer, Nuangola; Jenny Cheng, South Plainfield, NJ; Thomas J. Dennis, Olyphant; Preston J. Lee, Alexandria, Va.; Julius L. Palmer, Weatherly; Brian A. Shonk, Kunkletown; Thomas J. Skotek, McAdoo; Sean M. Sullivan, Nesquehoning; Robert M. Turick II, Hazleton; Sean M. Winter, Easton; Michael K. Yachera, Tamaqua; and Morgan R. Yarnell, Ashland.

Associate in Science in Information Sciences and Technology from the College of Information Sciences and Technology:  Paul S. Wetzel, Ringtown.

Associate in Engineering Technology in Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology from the University College: Johan A. Alarcon, Hazleton.
Associate in Science in Medical Laboratory Technology from the University College: Holly D. Fisher, Bloomsburg; Keith M. Gordon, Schuylkill Haven; Leigh A. Lescavage, Minersville; Angela Solomon, Lansford; and Megan L. Ziller, Bloomsburg.

Associate in Science in Physical Therapist Assistant from the University College: Lauren M. Bard, Hazleton; Patricia R. Chadderdon, Cogan Station; Lindsay J. Golightley, Hanover Township; Rebecca L. Gouldthread, Northumberland; Karen L. Helfrich, Souderton; Chelsey D. Keiper, Northumberland; Bobbi L. Krammes, Schuylkill Haven; Megan K. Miller, Wapwallopen; Rachael D. Monahan, Pocono Summit; Kathryn D. Moore, Harleysville; Samuel J. Orlando, Jessup; David C. Racemus, Sweet Valley; Janelle R. Reese, Benton; Kelly K. Rodzewich, Freeland; Richard J. Smith, Sugarloaf; and Elizabeth E. Walter, Wapwallopen.

Master’s Degrees
During the ceremony, the first master's degrees earned at Penn State Hazleton in cooperation with Penn State Harrisburg and the University's Graduate School were awarded.

Master of Education Degree in Teaching and Curriculum from the Capital College: Samantha E. Heim, Lehighton; Ethan I. Hoyt, Nescopeck; and Susan E. O’Byrne, Hazleton.

Distinctive Honors
Students who are in the top twelve percent of their graduating class in their college, and who have completed the required number of credits receive special recognition. The twelve percent is divided into two percent “with highest distinction,” four percent “with high distinction,” and six percent “with distinction.”
Nellie M. Manis, Valley View, who received dual degrees in History and International Studies, graduated with high distinction. 

Frank C. Kostos Awards
Carl S. Frankel, assistant professor of biology, announced the Frank C. Kostos Award recipients who achieved the highest grade-point averages in their respective degree programs. Natilee N. Weldon, Hazleton, a sophomore Supply Chain and Information Systems major, received the honor for the full-time sophomore enrolled in a Penn State degree program. Weldon will transition to University Park in the fall to complete her degree. Marisol I. Velez, Hazleton, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Letters, Arts, and Sciences during the ceremony, was honored as the graduate earning the highest grade point average in a Penn State Hazleton baccalaureate degree program. Leigh A. Lescavage, Minersville, who earned associate degrees in Letters, Arts, and Sciences and Medical Laboratory Technology, was recognized for the highest grade-point average of a graduate in a Penn State Hazleton associate degree program.

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Honoring Dr. Yamulla for his service to country and hometown

In small, dimly-lit tented bunkers, young doctors barely out of medical school tended to the many perilously wounded soldiers arriving from the battlefield.

Far from home, in makeshift mobile hospitals and in the midst of the violent conflict, they performed and perfected some of the most advanced surgical procedures ever conceived.

At the very end of Korean War in 1953, as one young doctor administered aid to the last of the injured soldiers an Associated Press photographer captured the moment for posterity.

Today, a copy of that photo which was published in newspapers around the globe now sits faded and brown-edged on the mantle of the home of that good doctor: Stanley Yamulla.

In the days when coal reigned supreme in the region, Yamulla, the sixth of eight children, developed a love for learning and a work ethic to match. These traits, inspired by his parents, evolved to include a passion to help others. This is the core of the caring, learned doctor the community has come to know as “Doc Yamulla.”

He grew up in a small home on Wyoming Street in Hazleton. From a young age, he was taught the value of a dollar and the importance of hard work from his father Joseph who worked long hours, as so many did, in the coal mines of Hazleton. 

An entrepreneur from the start, young Stanley shoveled coal and hauled ashes from his neighbors’ coal furnaces for pennies per load. He delivered newspapers, painted houses, ran errands and even sold bananas to earn money to contribute to his family. Perhaps a dime or two might be left over for his weekly escape to the Saturday matinee. 

He maintained his money-making ventures well into high school, continuing to give all but a few dimes to his father to help support the family. Yamulla’s eyes still radiate with excitement when he remembers learning upon graduation from high school that his father hadn’t used all the money for family living expenses after all, but rather had saved much of it for Stanley to go to college.

His father had saved the lofty sum of $1,100 for Stanley, a small fortune in 1937. “It opened a door I had not expected to be opened to me,” Yamulla remembers, “Daddy (as he still calls him) gave me a wonderful gift that day.” 

Yamulla chose to attend Penn State Hazleton which was established only four years earlier. His was the first class in the “Hazleton Center” located in the old Broad Street School.

He told the story of being among a group of young students who volunteered to help with renovations at the old school, scraping, patching and painting to get the classrooms ready for the fall semester. When the work was completed on the eve of the first day of class “there was a dance party featuring root beer and snacks which made it all worthwhile,” he grinned.

A pre-medicine major, he graduated from University Park with his bachelor’s degree in 1941 and promptly applied to medical school. Waiting anxiously, Yamulla finally received his acceptance letter to the prestigious Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. “I was so thrilled. I was jumping up and down on the bed with happiness thinking ‘I’m getting into medical school with the promise of becoming a doctor,’” remembers Dr. Yamulla.

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, changed everything. With doctors and surgeons in short supply and the war effort building, Yamulla’s medical training was put on a fast-track. He joined the Navy and was immediately thrust into accelerated medical training which included first-hand experience treating wounded airmen and sailors returning from the battlefields of the Pacific Theater.

Uniquely though, he would serve in not just one war away from home, but two. Soon upon the close of World War II, the Korean War, which would claim the lives of 54,000 American servicemen, would call the this battlefield surgeon to duty once again.

Yamulla’s surgical experience in the hospitals and MASH units serving both WWII and the Korean War was invaluable to his training and would later benefit patients of his civilian practice. Treating the traumatic injuries of war was not only a proving ground for surgical skills, but often demanded the most innovative medical procedures. The expertise he gained from these environments, coupled with his specialist training at some of the best medical schools in the country, came with Yamulla when he eventually established his practice in Hazleton. 

Yamulla returned home and began a surgical residency at the Allentown General Hospital. The first year was exceptional remembered Yamulla, “I assisted in all operations performed by my boss at the time, Dr. Takeo Yamashito. He was terrific, a great surgeon, known the world over.” he said.

Yamulla was then accepted to Washington University in St. Louis for his second year of surgical residency and was soon offered a position as a resident at the university’s famous School of Medicine. Studying at Washington University had its advantages: it was among the first hospitals to have a patient survive a procedure that involved the removal of a lung and was the institution where two famous surgeons, Dr. Evarts Ambrose Graham and Dr. Warren Henry Cole, developed the Graham Cole Test, a breakthrough diagnostic procedure related to gallstones.

Yamulla returned to Allentown General for his third year of surgical residency and met a lovely young woman named Grace Lucille Huber. They were married during his fourth year back at the Allentown Hospital and remain together today, soon to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.

The good doctor could have established a successful practice anywhere in the country, but his love for home and family brought him back to Hazleton. Back at home with his new wife and the money for a down payment borrowed from his brothers, the Yamullas bought a home on Franklin Street. After completing his last year of residency at the Hazleton General Hospital, he opened his own office in the Markle Banking and Trust Co. building in downtown Hazelton. It was the very place his father had kept his college savings, Yamulla remembered.

Patients were always the first priority with Yamulla and they could, and very often would, reach him at all hours of the day. Long before answering services, machines and voice mail, the phone at the Yamulla home would ring, answered by Grace, one of the kids or Stanley himself. He would gladly listen to any problem and, if the situation warranted, he’d be on his way to a house call. 

Money was never the priority for Yamulla. If the prognosis called for surgery, he was there regardless of the ability to pay. He remembered with a laugh accepting a turkey for an emergency appendectomy he performed one evening.

His referrals were a great resource to people of Hazleton, providing access to world-renowned surgeons, some of whom he befriended during his time in military service or through the conferences he regularly attended.

Committed to life-long learning and continuously enhancing his skills, Yamulla relentlessly attended conferences on breakthrough medical diagnostics and procedures.  Among these was the International Breast Cancer Conference held in Miami each year and which led to his interest in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. 

Yamulla is adamant when discussing the fight against breast cancer: prevention and early detection starts with education. “Women must be properly informed on how and when to perform self examinations,” Dr. Yamulla asserts. Along with many others, he believes that breast cancer is one of the most treatable and curable of all cancer, if detected early.

In 1962, his knowledge was put to the test in the most frightening way imaginable. His daughter, Barbara, was diagnosed with breast cancer and treated at H. Lee Moffett Cancer Center by Dr. Douglas Reintgen, a surgeon whose lectures Yamulla regularly attended. Dr. Reintgen had developed treatment of breast cancer which involved a dual attack on the disease through performing a lumpectomy and lymphoscintigraphy.  

Yamulla developed his own skills in this approach and was the first surgeon in northeastern Pennsylvania to have permission to start these newest techniques and eventually the first to perform a lymphoscintigraphy operation in Hazleton.

His work with the breast cancer continues today and borders on evangelistic as he advocates for young women to know about early detection and how to seek treatment. 

Dr. Stanley Yamulla is what Tom Brokaw would refer to as a member of the greatest generation. Reared in a family that asked for no favors and in a community built by its own, he was thrust into a world at war yet managed to pursue his dreams - contributing to medical advances and saving lives. Now as he approaches his 90th birthday, we acknowledge this good doctor for his service to country and his hometown. 

Epilogue
Today, Dr. Stanley Yamulla remains a true friend to the Hazleton community, staying involved in many philanthropic efforts such as the Hazleton High School Auditorium restoration project, MMI Preparatory School fundraisers, local Boy Scouts of America programs and Penn State Hazleton fundraising events. He resides near his family in the Hazleton area and enjoys interacting with his grandchildren, especially getting them to Penn State football games. According to university records, Dr. Stanley Yamulla is one of the oldest living alumni of Penn State Hazleton.

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