The community is invited to attend a special screening of a documentary on bullying. This screening will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at noon in Swimmer Hall, located in the Williams building at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. This event is free and open to the public.

CONSOL Energy recently presented a gift of $25,000 to Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. The gift is part of CONSOL Energy's "Financial Aid to Education" initiative, which supports the campus' mining technology associate degree program. This program at Penn State Fayette offers students the education they need to fast-track into supervisory positions in mining production and maintenance.

The 41st annual Shakespeare Festival will be held Jan. 28 to Feb. 1, at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, in the Maggie Hardy Magerko Auditorium in the campus' Community Center. All events are free and open to the public.

The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) has announced that the Physical Therapist Assistant Associate Degree program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, has received accredited status. Accreditation follows two years of evaluation of the program by CAPTE as the degree program was rolled out. Accreditation indicates that the educational program meets the standards for quality set by the profession. The Fayette campus program is led by instructors Stacy Sekely, program coordinator, and Pamela Pologruto, academic coordinator of clinical education.

Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, recognized outstanding achievement and service among its faculty and staff at a special awards banquet recently. Awards were presented in six categories after nominations were considered by the various awards committees this fall.

The excellence awards for 2012 include:

The Scholarly Excellence Award -- presented to Jo Ann Jankoski, assistant professor of human development and family studies, for her accomplished level of scholarship in recent years, including publishing five articles and two book chapters related to her field of study, and for receiving numerous awards for professional excellence and civic endeavors.

The local community is invited to hear Zach Wahls speak on marriage equality at noon Nov. 28, in Swimmer Hall, located in the Williams building at Penn State Fayette. In 2011, Zach Wahls addressed the Iowa House Judiciary Committee in a public hearing regarding a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Iowa. The then-19-year-old son of a same-sex couple, Wahls proudly proclaimed, "The sexual orientation of my parents has had zero effect on the content of my character." Hours later, his speech was posted on YouTube, where it quickly received more than 2 million views.

The community is invited to participate in the New York Food Bank Food Drive from Monday, Nov. 12, through Friday, Nov. 16, at Penn State Fayette the Eberly Campus. Throughout the week, nonperishable food donations can be dropped off outside the Office of Student Life, located in the downstairs of the Williams building on campus. Penn State Fayette staff and students will be personally delivering these items to the New York City Food Bank.

NBC Sports football analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward will be the featured speaker at 7 p.m. Nov. 13, in the Main Arena of the Community Center building at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus. Tickets are free and will be available to students, faculty, staff and the general public, beginning Oct. 15, on a first-come, first-served basis.