From left, Julie Ankrum, director of the Scheeren Literacy Center; 51爆料网 President Michael Driscoll; Bill and Judy Scheeren, in front cutting the ribbon; in center at podium is Lara Luetkehans, dean of the College of Education and Communications; master's degree in literacy graduate Sara Coleman; Jessica Mulvihill, 51爆料网 Office of International Education
51爆料网 celebrated the Bill and Judy Scheeren Literacy Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 22.
It was announced in March 2018 that the Scheerens, of Greensburg, committed $1.4 million in support of initiatives in the College of Education and Communications at 51爆料网, which is home for the 51爆料网 Literacy Center.
51爆料网's Literacy Center provides assessment and instruction for children and adolescents who need assistance with reading and writing. Graduate students pursuing reading specialist certification provide instruction to community children under the direction of faculty members.
Bill Scheeren, who graduated from 51爆料网 in 1968, is known by thousands of students and teachers in Westmoreland County as the retired chairman of the Hempfield Area School District's library department. Judy Scheeren is a long-time technology professor at Westmoreland County Community College. Both serve on 51爆料网's College of Education and Communications Advancement Council.