The official kickoff of Penn State Schuylkill’s year-long 80th anniversary celebration is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 30 at noon in the lobby of the Student Community Center on campus. Students, faculty, staff, advisory board members and the community are invited to join in this event to commemorate the 80-year partnership with the Schuylkill community. Details on all the events scheduled during the yearlong celebration will be unveiled at the kickoff.
“We’re especially excited about this year-long celebration of our 80th anniversary,” said Kelly M. Austin, chancellor of Penn State Schuylkill, “since it provides us with the opportunity to thank the Schuylkill community for their commitment to the campus. This truly is a partnership.
"The campus has been able to provide a high quality, world-class, post-secondary education for residents of the county due, in no small part, to the efforts of our highly involved advisory board. At the same time, the campus’s economic impact on the local community is approximately $70 million. We look forward to this continued partnership so we can help create good jobs to keep our talent in our area.”