Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its 31st annual Celebration of Academic Excellence event on April 30. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s ceremony was held in a virtual format.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will hold a virtual celebration for the Class of 2020 on Saturday, May 9, honoring the achievements of all fall 2019, spring 2020 and summer 2020 graduates.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will hold a virtual celebration for the Class of 2020 on Saturday, May 9, honoring the achievements of all fall 2019, spring 2020 and summer 2020 graduates.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Graduation Celebration takes place on Saturday, May 9th, at 3:15 p.m., after the graduation ceremony hosted by University Park.
In the face of severe financial impacts to the University brought on by the global coronavirus pandemic, on April 23 Penn State President Eric J. Barron announced some salary adjustments; a 3% across-the-board cut to university budgets in the next fiscal year; and his intention to work with the Board of Trustees to freeze tuition for the 2020-21 academic year to limit student costs.
Due to the economic challenges facing Pennsylvania and the nation, Penn State President Eric J. Barron announced plans today (April 23) to freeze tuition rates for all students University-wide for the 2020-21 academic year. The plan, which will be presented to the University’s Board of Trustees for final approval at its July meeting, would mark the third consecutive year that Penn State has held tuition rates flat for Pennsylvania resident students.
