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Northern Tier Center offering strategic business communication skills workshops

Beginning in September and running through November, Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Continuing Education Northern Tier Center will offer three strategic business communication skills workshops: When You Become The News, Persuasive Speaking & Writing, and Persuasive Speaking To Lock Your Sale. Workshops will be one day each, running from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost of each workshop is $125 per person.
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Rare solar eclipse viewing event set at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

What happens when the sun, the moon, and the Earth all line up in a row? A spectacular phenomenon known as a total solar eclipse. On Monday, Aug. 21, millions of Americans will be witness to this occurrence, rarely seen in the United States. Penn State Wilkes-Barre is inviting community members to "SEE: the Solar Eclipse Experience," from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 21 in the Nesbitt Academic Commons on the Lehman campus.
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Fall 2017 film and discussion series begins Sept. 28

Penn State Wilkes-Barre is partnering with R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 in downtown Wilkes-Barre to host a film and discussion series titled "Greatness Is Forever," featuring "Field of Dreams," "Hoosiers," "Miracle," "Raging Bull" and "Something For Joey."
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Last SAT prep course of 2017 announced

Beginning Oct. 7, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will begin hosting its last seven-week, SAT-preparation course session for those students interested in taking the SAT exam for the December 2017 testing date.
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'FaceAge' Pennsylvania tour kicks off Aug. 30

Andrew Belser, 2017-18 Penn State laureate, will kick off the tour of his award-winning “FaceAge” exhibition, a multimedia video installation created from cross-generational conversations, Aug. 30 to Sept. 5 at University Park. Throughout the 2017-18 academic year, Belser will take “FaceAge” to all Penn State campuses.