For the better part of the last decade, Professor of Engineering Willie Ofosu has been traveling to his native Ghana over semester breaks to maintain and foster relationships with local colleges and universities.
Nick Jones, executive vice president and provost, reviewed the ongoing effort to implement Penn State’s new strategic plan at the Office of Planning and Assessment’s Quality Advocates discussion series on Dec. 1.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre admissions office will hold a financial aid night beginning at 6 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2017, in Room 101 of the Technology Center. Students and parents attending the event will have the opportunity learn about the financial aid process at Penn State.
Applications for the Penn State Secondary Mathematics Noyce Scholarship Program must be submitted by Jan. 18, 2017. The competitive renewable scholarships will provide $19,000 per year for eligible students’ last two years of college.
With Penn State’s recent announcement of the next six communities to receive seed-grant funding through its Invent Penn State initiative, the University’s economic development effort has grown to include 13 hubs for innovation spread across Pennsylvania.
Penn State returns to the Rose Bowl and also makes its first trip to a California bowl for the first time since the 2008 season when the Nittany Lions take on Pac-12 foe USC in the 103rd annual Rose Bowl Game at 5 p.m. on Jan. 2.
With Penn State's victory over Wisconsin on Dec. 3, the Nittany Lions not only earned the 2016 Big Ten championship, but the University's 100th Big Ten championship or tournament title.
