On January 26, Penn State Schuylkill will host the Schuylkill Chamber of Commerce's Business Executive Forum featuring keynote speaker and Penn State's own Sara Thorndike, senior vice president for finance and business/treasurer. Thorndike will present "Partnering with Business and Community Leaders for Economic Development and Community Revitalization."

This annual luncheon is open to Chamber members and non-members alike, and registration is required. Find more information or register for the forum >

The Business Etiquette Dinner returns for the spring 2022 semester with a variety of sponsorship and participation opportunities for alumni. This annual event is a great way for students to network and practice dining etiquette, and sponsorship allows students to attend for free.

This collaborative four-week cooking event is brought to you by Penn State Colleges and Campuses Alumni Societies. Beginning January 19, we invite you to join us Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for hour-long Southern cuisine recipes and thematic nightcaps during Cocktail Corner, as we tap into the talents of our Penn State community.

The Cooking Classic supports campus food pantries across the Commonwealth, and attendees are encouraged, but not required, to make a gift in support of students facing food insecurity. Every $5 gift provides 20 or more meals—or may be used to help stock pantries with other basic need items like toiletries and paper products. Register online for one or all of the Cooking Classic webinars in the series.

We kick off the series with “Sweet Southern Comfort.” Keshia Davis '99 (Smeal) will share a family recipe for her Southern Sweet Potato Pie. Our evening’s Cocktail Corner will feature Brandon Wagner ’09 (IST) of Big Springs Spirits.

Wednesday, January 26

Session two features southern-style appetizers during “Getting Pickled: Pickle-inspired foods with Bob McClure of McClure's Pickles.” McClure ’01 (Arts & Architecture) will prepare Battered Pickles with Aioli Dip and Dilly Cheese Balls. McClure will also host the evening's Cocktail Corner creating a Southern-themed Bloody Mary.

“A Little Something on the Side,” will bring Southern appetizers to life. Alex Goodstein ’09 (IST), who is also known as food blogger @alexeatstoomuch, will walk us through the classic side dishes of collard greens and deviled eggs. Penn State Schuylkill alumnus Winn Allen '16, manager Brick House Grill, will mix up a cocktail for this evening’s Cocktail Corner.

Season two wraps up with a dish that is “Anything but Medi-okra: Southern Creole Gumbo.” Join New Orleans native and Penn State alumna Dr. Jhan Doughty '94g, '01g (Education) who will tempt your tastebuds with his hearty seafood gumbo. Holla Spirits will spice things up in our final Cocktail Corner with a jalapeño vodka cocktail.

Check out the PSAA Schuylkill Chapter Square site to purchase tickets for our latest raffles. New raffles are posted regularly and each raffle features a limited number of entries, increasing your chances of winning!

There are two raffles running at this time. First up, is a sterling silver unisex Penn State University pendant. Raffle tickets are $5 each, limited to 75 total tickets.

The second raffle is a $100 VISA gift card. Tickets for this prize are only $3, and will be limited to 75 total entries. Drawings will occur when all tickets are sold, and winners are posted on Penn State Alumni Association, Schuylkill Chapter Facebook page.

Sponsored by the Penn State Blue & White Society, Penn State Alumni Society, and Schuylkill Chapter PSAA.

The Alumni Association is committed to keeping all Penn Staters connected to one another and to the University. Check out the variety of programming, including career-focused workshops, coffee hour-style chats with our CEO Paul Clifford, and conversations with Penn State experts.

Penn State will host “The Lost Bird Project,” featuring five sculptures of extinct North American Birds, through August 2022. The project, which encourages activism and thoughtful discussion, serves to memorialize birds driven to extinction in recent years by human activity.

On January 18, join Jason Beale from Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center to learn about the project’s history and the lost species, find out where you can see the sculptures, and hear recovery success stories to inspire and empower community-based conservation.