The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society will host a Rose Bowl party on Jan. 2, 2017, to celebrate the Nittany Lions' incredible season, which culminated in a Big Ten championship. The party, scheduled for No. 5 Penn State’s matchup against the No. 9 University of Southern California Trojans, gets underway 30 minutes before the game’s 5 p.m. kickoff at the River Grille, located at 670 North River Street in Wilkes-Barre.
At the start of the Spring 2017 semester, an undergraduate research office will be up and running on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus thanks to the effort of administration of justice assistant professor, Rick Dierenfeldt.
Marc Anthony Merino Jr. was one of more than 250 students to receive his degree at Penn State Harrisburg’s fall 2016 commencement ceremony on Dec. 17. He received a bachelor of science in criminal justice from the School of Public Affairs, with a minor in psychological science. It was a moment of triumph for Merino; it was also a moment that almost didn’t happen.
Vernon Dale Jones, vice president for strategy, administration and board affairs at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, has been named chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Jones, whose appointment is effective Jan. 16, succeeds Charles Davis, who is retiring after leading the Wilkes-Barre campus since March 2006.
The Penn State Office for General Education is pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty interested in developing a new Integrative Studies General Education course.
Penn State has officially launched Let's Grow State, a new crowdfunding platform for fundraising projects across the University. The platform, managed by the Office of Annual Giving in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, is designed for individuals or groups of Penn Staters to promote and raise money for the ideas, projects, and causes that are important to them.
What do you stand up for? What do your peers stand up for? The Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State announces a call for nominations for its 10th annual Stand Up Awards in recognition of undergraduate students at the University’s campuses who have demonstrated ethical leadership in taking a stand for a person, cause or belief.
Administrators from Penn State and Northampton Community College (NCC) signed an articulation agreement to facilitate the transfer of NCC students into 11 baccalaureate degree programs at 14 Penn State campuses at an event on Jan. 18 at the Lehigh Valley campus.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Spring ’17 Film Series will follow the development of the LGBTQ movement in America through a combination of Hollywood films and independent productions.
