Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's Esports team won the Hearthstone finals at the Harrisburg University Esports (HUE) Invitational held in mid-September. The Esports team was among 64 collegiate teams invited to the competition. Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State participated in both the Hearthstone and the League of Legends competition. The team took the Hearthstone champion title, winning against 10 other universities. Esports is a competitive online gaming sport that has recently emerged into the college sports sphere. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a digital card game under the Warcraft series of digital games. ...
Professor Jacqueline Marino is a 2019 recipient of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. The Alumni Association surprised Professor Marino with the news during her Feature Writing class on Oct. 15, 2019. "I am so moved," Professor Marino said as she was presented with balloons and an in-class c...