For Chloe Inniss, playing sports at Penn State Wilkes-Barre has been key to helping her learn time management skills and meet others on campus. She is a member of the basketball and volleyball teams and said she has learned lessons from athletics as well as academics.
As president of the Surveying Society on campus, Hannah Corson is leading the way in showing others the opportunities available in her field.
Corson, a senior surveying engineering major at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, took on the role of president after serving as vice president last year. As president, she coordinates employer presentations on campus, the club’s attendance at the annual Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS) conference, and other events.
Internships are a key component to the educational experience for many students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Some recent graduates of Penn State Wilkes-Barre who successfully completed internships found assistance from Career Services and faculty at the campus.
After completing her military service in the spring, Daelyn Mynes traded the busy, crowded atmosphere of a Navy ship for the peaceful environment of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. She was stationed with a squadron in Virginia Beach as a logistics specialist in the supply department. Mynes' five-year deployment ended in March 2022 and she returned home and enrolled at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Students take many paths to studying at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. During National Transfer Student Week, October 17-21, we are sharing the stories of three students who have transferred to Penn State Wilkes-Barre to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
After earning an associate degree in music recording technology, Virginia Gugliotti transferred to Penn State Wilkes‑Barre to pursue a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology. She hopes to use both of her degrees to work in audio electronics and make music.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty member Luciana Caporaletti traveled to Peru in May to study plants used for medicinal purposes by indigenous people. Her research team visited a remote area of the Amazon rainforest in the northeastern part of the country, living with members of the Urarina tribe as they learned about the plants and tribal culture.
Andrew Zimmerman came to Penn State Wilkes-Barre with the intention of moving on to University Park after two years. But after getting immersed in his information technology major, he decided to stay at the local campus to complete his degree.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is known for having dedicated faculty and staff members, many of whom spend their entire careers serving students here.
Dudley Snyder, David Chin and Lorna Chin embody that commitment, having spent a combined total of more than 80 years at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. All three are retiring and said that while they are looking forward to the next chapter, they will miss the family atmosphere and students at the campus.
Dylan Fredricey and Camaryn Lokuta, who earned their degrees in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, talk about where they are employed and how Penn State Wilkes-Barre led them there.
