Mothers Circle
2026-02-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-02-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, 2200 Good Hope Rd, Enola, PA, 17025, United States
All are welcome! Share your journey and connect with other moms and future moms at our weekly support group every Wednesday. Our lactation team will be available to answer your questions and address your concerns regarding any type of feeding. We will be sharing our stories and discussing anything and everything motherhood related.

Catholic Mass
2026-02-04 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-11 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-18 12:00 - 12:30 | Di and Dallas Krapf Interfaith Chapel, 500 University Dr, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
Catholic Mass will be held weekly in the interfaith chapel. All are welcome.

Long-Term Care RISE ECHO Program
2026-02-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
TRAINING FOR NURSING HOME PROFESSIONALS
(CE & NHA CREDITS AVAILABLE)
No-cost Monthly Sessions | 1-2 p.m. EST | Sep. 4, 2025 – May 7, 2026 | 100% Virtual
Are you working in long-term care or assisted living settings and want to:

Increase high-quality care for residents?
Join insightful conversations with experts & peers?
Foster confidence in providing specialized care?

Register Here
Grow Your Skills. Strengthen Your Network. Champion Long-Term Care.
JOIN our innovative, no-cost, virtual program—a monthly series designed to help long-term care facility leaders & staff improve health outcomes for residents—especially those facing age-related care challenges.
Sessions provide an evidence-based approach to increasing high-quality care for residents by bringing together specialists and non-specialists to improve care for residents in the communities where they live.
How It Works

Monthly live Zoom sessions (1–2 p.m. EST)
Rolling registration—sign up once and attend as you’re able
Each session features real participant cases + 15-minute expert “FlashTalks”

This South Central LTC-RISE program is offered in partnership with Project ECHO at Penn State College of Medicine, a trusted model that connects specialists with on-the-ground care teams to share knowledge and build community-based capacity.
Registration is free and open now. Sign up once to access all sessions

Schedule & Curriculum

Session Time 1–2 p.m. EST | ️ Upcoming Dates & Topics

Sep. 4, 2025 – Resident Councils

Oct. 2, 2025 – Family Councils

Nov. 6, 2025 – Advanced Care Planning in Assisted Living & Personal Care

Dec. 4, 2025 – Medication Reconciliation in Personal Care & Assisted Living

Feb. 5, 2026 – Introduction to the 4Ms of Behavioral Health Training from E4

Mar. 5, 2026 – Non-Ageist Approach to Care

Apr. 2, 2026 – Trauma-Informed Care

May 7, 2026 – How to Effectively Collaborate with Ombudsman

Getting Started with the IRB Training
2026-02-05 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual
Description:
This training will provide a high-level overview of working with the IRB at Penn State. We will cover IRB structure, general information about Penn State IRB, and useful information about the CATS IRB system. We will also discuss how to prepare and submit materials via CATS IRB, the web-based application system for IRB submission.
Note: This training DOES NOT count toward SARI credit.
Registration:
To register in Penn State’s Learning Resource Network (LRN):

Click the LRN Registration Link.
Click Request.

College of Medicine and Penn State Health: LRN Registration Instructions
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Cancer Community Mindfulness Practice
2026-02-06 13:00 - 13:30, 2026-02-13 13:00 - 13:30 | Zoom
The Kristen Olewine Milke CARE Center at Penn State Cancer Institute offers a cancer community mindfulness practice.
This program is open to everyone – no prior experience or personal mindfulness practice is required. Sessions are offered free of charge and take place every Friday afternoon virtually from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting password is [REDACTED].

Weekend Childbirth Preparation
2026-02-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Auditorium – Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, 503 N. 21st St., Camp Hill, PA, 17011, United States
This all day class covers phases/stages of labor and delivery, comfort measures and breathing techniques to use during labor, pain medication options and what to expect postpartum. It is best if taken in the last 4 months of pregnancy. For registration information, call 717-981-8238 or e-mail hmoretz@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.

LION Mobile Clinic at the Military Share Food Distribution
2026-02-09 09:30 - 12:00 | UEC Theaters 12 125 Premiere Drive, State College PA 16801, 125 Premiere Dr., State College, PA, 16801, United States
Free health screenings

Loved Ones Support Group
2026-02-09 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual
The Kristen Olewine Milke CARE Center at Penn State Cancer Institute offers a Loved Ones Support Group for those supporting someone with cancer.
This support group provides a therapeutic space for adult caregivers, family members, and friends of individuals undergoing cancer treatment. Group members support one another, share coping strategies, and offer meaningful connection during difficult times.
Click here to join the virtual meeting. Meeting passcode is aBE3Sm. Held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month.
For more information, please contact the CARE Center at 1-888-531-6585 (option 4). Open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds presented by Ana S. Iltis, PhD
2026-02-10 07:30 - 08:30 | Lecture Room D (Room C7619) – Penn State College of Medicine, 700 HMC Crescent Road, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds
Ana Iltis Jointly organized by the Departments of Humanities, Medicine, and Surgery
Normothermic Regional Perfusion: The Ethical Landscape
February 10, 2026 • 7:30-8:30 a.m. • Lecture Room D
TEAMS INFO: Meeting ID: 218 808 290 920 5 Passcode: [REDACTED] Dial in by phone:+1 267-405-6044, Phone conference ID#: 400 728 40 United States, Ambler. Join on a video conferencing device:
Tenant key: teams@pennstatehealth.onpexip.com Video ID: 113 565 374 2
PRESENTED BY:
Ana S. Iltis, PhD
Carlson Professor of University Studies,
Professor of Philosophy,
Director, Center for Bioethics Health and Society,
Wake Forest University
The history of organ transplantation includes debates over the ethical and legal permissibility of various practices. Sometimes, legal and ethical analysis culminated in new laws or new interpretations of existing laws. Implementation of donation after circulatory death (DCD) with normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) (DCD-NRP) is renewing attention to ethical and legal questions at the center of those debates, including questions that previously appeared to be relatively settled. This presentation reviews some ways in which the emerging practice of DCD-NRP re-ignites old ethical and legal questions regarding organ transplantation and introduces new ones and assesses possible responses.
At the conclusion of this presentation, attendees will be able to:

Describe at least two ethical questions DCD-NRP raises.
Contrast interpretations of key terms in the Uniform Determination of Death Act.
Assess the implications of different understandings of key terms in the Uniform Determination of Death Act for the ethical analysis of DCD-NRP.

CE’s are available for Penn State Health and College of Medicine employees. Eeds sign in Methods: Text Code to 828-295-1144 • Visit eeds.com | eeds iPhone/Android App. The Activity Sign-In Code is: 37gash and expires Feb. 11 @ 12:00 p.m. AIN#: 0071
Credit Designation: Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Donate life. Donate blood.
2026-02-10 09:00 - 18:00 | University Conference Center, 30 Conference Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
Your friends and neighbors need your help. Every day, health care workers race to provide care to accident victims, surgical patients and those needing regular transfusions. That care starts with you and your donation.
Schedule your appointment today
Appointments are strongly recommended to ensure a smooth experience.

Visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter Sponsor Code: PS Hershey to view available appointments or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
Save time by completing your pre-donation reading and health history online at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass
Please remember to bring a photo ID to your blood drive appointment
Snacks and refreshments are provided

How to prepare for your appointment
View additional dates and times
Questions? Contact Sean Erony at 717-531-8232.

CATS Safety Submission Training for IBC Researchers
2026-02-10 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Description:
The CATS Safety Submission Training gives an overview of how to create and submit a protocol to the IBC for review. Participants will learn:

The basic steps to create and submit a biosafety protocol
How to communicate and follow-up with Institutional Biosafety Committee staff regarding submissions

Note: This training is strictly regarding the CATS Safety software and does not count towards SARI credit.
Registration:
To register in Penn State’s Learning Resource Network (LRN):

Click the LRN Registration Link.
Click Request.

College of Medicine and Penn State Health: LRN Registration Instructions
Attempting to log in to the LRN using a browser where you are already logged in to a Penn State Health website or system will result in an error message. Use the following instructions to register:

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SurviveWELL
2026-02-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
The Kristen Olewine Milke CARE Center at Penn State Cancer Institute offers patients the SurviveWELL program.
What does it mean to be “well”? And how might we treat ourselves “well” even when we are ill or having a “bad day”? SurviveWELL – this program, the community of participants, the practices, and the monthly themes – are offered in support of treating ourselves well. Doing so on a regular basis represents important acts of kindness for one’s self in service of self-care.
Program Overview
SurviveWELL consists of four sessions – one per week – each month over the course of six months. All sessions are being conducted virtually via Zoom, which supports joining where ever participants are able to access the internet. The weekly sessions greater health and wellness. The program strives to support patients during the active phase treatment for cancer and beyond. Each session is facilitated by professional(s) with expertise in nutrition, yoga, mindfulness and energy work | quigong, respectively. Participants are encouraged to invite a wellness partner to join them for each of the sessions.
Click here to join the Zoom meeting. Meeting password is [REDACTED].
Registration
SurviveWell is held every Tuesday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., offered in two sessions each year: January-June and July-December. Register prior to beginning the program by contacting the CARE Center at 1-888-531-6585 (option 4). Open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Connecting Through Literature: Classic American Short Stories Session 3
2026-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Online Discussion – Short Story: “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson
Description from Wikipedia:
“The Lottery” is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as “the lottery”, which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens. The lottery, its preparations, and its execution are all described in detail, though it is not revealed until the end what actually happens to the person selected by the random lottery.
Reading link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery
Register to receive the Zoom link the week of the event. Please add to your own calendar.

The Connecting Through Literature Book Club’s Classic American Short Stories series is a collaboration between the Harrell Health Sciences Library and Department of Humanities. Join in on one, a few, or all of the discussions in the series as suits your time and interest. You do not even need to have read the story beforehand to listen in on the conversation – are welcome.

Contact edonne@pennstatehealth.psu.edu if you would like to receive email updates for all of this year’s discussions.

Learn more here.

Unity Gathering
2026-02-11 12:15 - 13:00 | Rotunda Café, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Hershey Medical Center, H1233
Hosted by: Interfaith Business Employee Resource Group
Bring your favorite dish to share enough for 8–10 hungry friends! We’ll keep the good vibes rolling by giving you a voucher for a future meal as a big THANK YOU for spreading deliciousness! Come hungry, leave happy and let’s make this event unforgettable!
Register here
In collaboration with the Office of Health Advancement & Community Engagement.

Embark with CARE – Weekly Chair Yoga Sessions
2026-02-11 16:00 - 16:30, 2026-02-16 12:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
The Kristen Olewine Milke CARE Center at Penn State Cancer Institute offers cancer patients and their loved ones to weekly 30-minute chair yoga sessions held virtually via Zoom. Each session provides a welcoming atmosphere and awareness-based movement to ease potential side effects of cancer treatment and support whole-person wellbeing. No prior experience or personal practice is required.
For more information or to register for an upcoming session, please call the CARE Center at 1-888-531-6585 (option 4). Alternatively, questions can be emailed to Dawn Shawley, CARE Center Program Manager, at dshawley@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Embark with CARE | Zoom link to join: https://psu.zoom.us/j/94641681690?pwd=[REDACTED]

Pediatric Oncology ECHO
2026-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Training for Primary Care Providers
(CME credits available)
No-cost Monthly Sessions | 12-1 p.m. EST | Dec. 11, 2025 – Jul. 9, 2026 | 100% Virtual
No matter your level of experience, this program provides the knowledge and community support to strengthen your role in caring for children with cancer.

Expand your role in pediatric cancer care, even if you’re not in a specialty center.
Access knowledge and support whether you’re in a rural setting or an urban clinic.
Explore timely, practice-relevant topics like:

Early signs of pediatric brain tumors
Best practices in adolescent and young adult oncology
Survivorship care after pediatric cancer
Integrative approaches and precision medicine

Register Here
Enhance Your Pediatric Care From Anywhere.
Join a dynamic community of general physicians, pediatricians, and experts for this free, virtual tele-mentoring program designed to empower primary care providers with the latest knowledge in pediatric oncology.
Through 8 monthly sessions, gain the insights and confidence to support young patients facing cancer — from diagnosis to survivorship.
How It Works

Monthly live Zoom sessions (12–1 p.m. EST)
Rolling registration—sign up once and attend as you’re able
Each session features real participant cases + 15-minute expert “FlashTalks”
Registration is free and open now. Sign up once to access all sessions.

Schedule & Curriculum

Session Time 12–1 p.m. EST | ️ Upcoming Dates & Topics

Dec. 11, 2025 – Adolescent & Young Adult Oncology

Jan. 8, 2026 – Pediatric Acute Leukemia

Feb. 12, 2026 – Precision Medicine

Mar. 12, 2026 – Pediatric Solid Tumors

Apr. 9, 2026 – Surviving After Pediatric Cancer

May 14, 2026 – Integrative Oncology

Jun. 11, 2026 – Genetic Predisposition to Cancer

Jul. 9, 2026 – Pediatric Brain Tumors

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Meeting
2026-02-12 12:00 - 13:30 | Webconference
Monthly Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) review meeting.

CATS IACUC Submission Training
2026-02-12 14:30 - 15:30 | Virtual
Description:
The CATS IACUC Submission training gives an overview of how to create and submit a protocol to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee for review. Participants will learn the basic steps to create and submit an animal protocol, and how to communicate and follow-up with IACUC staff regarding submissions.
Note: This training is strictly regarding the CATS IACUC software and does not count towards SARI credit.
Registration:
To register in Penn State’s Learning Resource Network (LRN):

Click the LRN Registration Link.
Click Request.

College of Medicine and Penn State Health: LRN Registration Instructions
Attempting to log in to the LRN using a browser where you are already logged in to a Penn State Health website or system will result in an error message. Use the following instructions to register:

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Accommodation: If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, please contact orp@psu.edu or call 814-865-1775 at least 2 weeks in advance of the session to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.

Lunar New Year Celebration!
2026-02-12 17:30 - 19:30 | University Conference Center, 30 Conference Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
Thursday, February 12 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. at University Conference Center
Ring in the Year of the Horse with joy, culture and community!
Enjoy festive traditions, delicious treats and vibrant performances.
Bring your friends and join the celebration! Let’s welcome prosperity and good fortune together!
Register
Hosted by the Asian Professionals Association and the Office of Health Advancement & Community Engagement.

Penn State Health Children’s School Nurse Conference 2026
2026-02-16 08:00 - 16:00 | Virtual
Join us for the Penn State Health Children’s School Nurse Conference 2026—a full-day professional development event designed exclusively for school nurses. This conference will cover essential topics to support student health and well-being, offering practical tools, evidence-based practices, and strategies to enhance care coordination and promote healthy learning environments.

Date: February 16, 2026
Time: 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Audience: School nurses
Credits: Continuing education credits will be available.

Itinerary Overview

Morning: Opening remarks followed by guest speakers
Midday: Lunch break
Afternoon: Additional speakers and closing remarks

Registration
Registration Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026
Register Online
Additional Information
Closer to the event date, registrants will receive:

A full itinerary
The Microsoft Teams link for virtual participation
Details on what to expect for the day

Grief Services Support Group
2026-02-16 10:30 - 23:30 | Virtual
The Kristen Olewine Milke CARE Center at Penn State Cancer Institute offers patients a grief therapy support group.
A cancer diagnosis or death of a loved one from cancer can create feelings of loss and grief as well as unwelcomed changes. You may find new demands are made on your time and energy, and it can be difficult to know where or who to turn to for support. Caring for yourself and those around you can be especially difficult.
This support group offers a form of psychotherapy that brings together individuals with shared experiences, such as being diagnosed or treated for cancer, or coping with cancer-related loss. Group members support one another, share coping strategies, and offer meaningful connection during difficult times.
Click here to join the virtual meeting. Meeting passcode is aBE3Sm. Held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
For more information, please contact the CARE Center at 1-888-531-6585 (option 4). Open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CATS Safety Submission Training for Radioisotope Users
2026-02-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Virtual
Description:
The CATS Safety Submission Training for Radioisotope Users gives an overview of how to create and submit a radiation safety protocol to the UIC or RSC for review. Participants will learn:

The basic steps to create and submit a radiation safety protocol
How to communicate and follow-up with radiation safety staff regarding submissions

Note: This training is strictly regarding the CATS Safety software and does not count towards SARI credit.
Registration:
To register in Penn State’s Learning Resource Network (LRN):

Click the LRN Registration Link.
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College of Medicine Research Data Live Help Sessions
2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Remote
The COM Research Data team is now offering live help sessions to support you with all your research data needs. Whether you have a data request, questions about research data, or need real-time data provision, our team is here to assist. We can also help answer any concerns related to data collection or provide guidance on design specifications and self-service design. Don’t hesitate to join the live sessions for expert support and timely solutions to ensure your research runs smoothly.
