The Family Business Alliance Presents Sexual Harassment Awareness: Myths and Reality on September 13 at Wilkes University and Penn State Worthington Scranton

Wilkes-Barre, PA (08/09/2018) — The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University and Penn State Worthington Scranton presents Sexual Harassment Awareness: Myths and Reality on Sept. 13. The workshop will cover the ways a firm can create a safe company culture, the ramifications of the #MeToo environment and the impact of social media. The event is free, but registration is required.

The workshop will be presented at two locations. The morning location is at

Penn State Worthington Scranton, Business Building, Hawk Lecture Hall. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the program is form 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The afternoon location is at Wilkes University, Henry Student Center, Miller Room, Second Floor, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. and the workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m.

James P. Valentine, partner at Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP and Kimberly Wylam, president and managing partner at Baker Tilly Vantagen, will co-present the workshop. They will talk about workplace sexual harassment and the ways in which harrassement can be perpetrated. The speakers will discuss that harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature and can include offensive remarks about a person's gender.

For more information and to register, visit www.wilkes.edu/FBA or contact Sue Reilly, executive director of the Family Business Alliance, at (570) 408-2120 or susan.reilly@wilkes.edu.

The Family Business Alliance of Wilkes University and Penn State Worthington Scranton presents Sexual Harassment Awareness: Myths and Reality on September 13. The workshop will cover the ways a firm can create a safe company culture, the ramifications of the #MeToo environment and the impact of social media. The event is free, but registration is required.

The workshop will be presented at two locations. The morning location is at

Penn State Worthington Scranton, Business Building, Hawk Lecture Hall. Registration is at 8 a.m. and the program is form 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The afternoon location is at Wilkes University, Henry Student Center, Miller Room, Second Floor, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre. Registration is at 11:30 a.m. and the workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m.

James P. Valentine, partner at Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP and Kimberly Wylam, president and managing partner at Baker Tilly Vantagen, will co-present the workshop. They will talk about workplace sexual harassment and the ways in which harrassement can be perpetrated. The speakers will discuss that harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature and can include offensive remarks about a person's gender.

For more information and to register, visit www.wilkes.edu/FBA or contact Sue Reilly, executive director of the Family Business Alliance, at (570) 408-2120 or susan.reilly@wilkes.edu.

About Wilkes University:

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 47 bachelor's degree programs, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.

Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 47 bachelor's degree programs, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.

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