Penn State Hazleton is offering Lions and Lanterns Tours from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

During its meeting on July 21 in Harrisburg, Penn State’s Board of Trustees approved the naming of the library at Penn State Hazleton as the Mary M. and Bertil E. Lofstrom Library in honor of longtime campus supporters. A naming ceremony will be held in front of the library on Wednesday, Sept. 13.

Karen Beruck has been hired as a student advocacy specialist at Penn State Hazleton. She will provide administrative support to the academic affairs team and work with students and parents to assist with their academic and educational needs.

Penn State Hazleton is offering a new program in Clinical Medical Assisting (CMA), which combines classroom and clinical instruction to provide students with the necessary education and skills to work in numerous healthcare settings.

The Hazleton Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association is sponsoring a trip to a Philadelphia Phillies game on Sunday, Aug. 27, and the public is invited to join for “Hazleton Day.”

Michael Polgar, associate professor of sociology at Penn State Hazleton, has been selected as a participant in the 2017 Memorial Library Summer Seminar on Holocaust Education.