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The coronavirus pandemic has spelled calamity for many higher education institutions around the country, from faculty layoffs to steep program cuts. In the Lehigh Valley, four-year colleges are heading into 2021 on a cautiously positive notes, finding enrollment and applications mostly on target, but community colleges everywhere saw drops.
Arts Project workshop series accepting registrations for spring sessions
January 19, 2021
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced its spring 2021 sessions, which will take place from Feb. 1 to May 4. Two of the classes are being held virtually, and one will be held in-person at the Lehigh Valley campus located at 2809 Saucon Valley Road in Center Valley.
The workshops being offered include: “Digital Storytelling | Creating Virtual Content Using Free Resources virtual with Elise Schaffer Introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Image editing, a new workshop virtual with Christina Galbiati Advanced Metals and Jewelry Making, with Ann Lalik (limited enrollment; only open to returning students). This class will meet in person and will comply with CDC and Penn State social distancing guidelines. All students are required to wear a mask.
Bethlehem looks to limit where college students can live in the Southside
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
The blue area indicates Bethlehem’s institutional zoning district where Lehigh University is situated. The orange areas indicate a proposed student housing overlay district where student housing would be allowed for up to five students per residence. The purple areas are existing commercially zoned areas that would allow up to three students per residence.
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The Bethlehem Department of Community and Economic Development has proposed creating two student housing overlay zoning districts on the northeast and northwest sides of the university’s Southside campus. It grandfathers in existing student housing, and allows a max of five students per home.
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Jenkins had an indirect path to Penn State and first started her education at West Chester University. She then transferred to Penn State Lehigh Valley and later changed campuses to University Park. The first-generation college student distinguished herself academically and socially, earning awards for her consistently high GPA, becoming a Schreyer Scholar and participating in the BioMed Amgen Scholars Program at Yale University. Her contributions to improving the atmosphere of diversity and inclusion at Penn State include helping to implement anti-racist training into orientation programming for incoming honors students.
Penn State President Eric Barron praised Jenkins for both her academic achievements and contributions to campus culture.