Faculty and students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Penn State Wilkes-Barre are collaborating to develop virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications for use in geospatial education.
As president of Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Business and Entrepreneurial Club, Jada Vanderpool has the opportunity to help organize events, meet business leaders and gain valuable networking skills. She said she thinks the experience she has gained at Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be of great benefit to her future career in accounting.
The public is invited to a new exhibit at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Friedman Art Gallery. “Empty and Full: Series & Introduction to Self-Painted Korean Traditional Art Pieces” by artist and doctoral student Tae Hee Kim ("Ajin") is open April 2-30 during regular gallery hours.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted the Northeast Regional Science Olympiad on March 12. The event brought about 650 students from throughout the northeastern Pennsylvania region to campus for the annual middle and high school science competition.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s robust surveying engineering program offers two degrees, an associate’s in surveying engineering technology and a bachelor of science in surveying engineering. The degree program students opt for is a personal choice, based on their interests, goals and personal situations. In honor of National Surveyors Week, held each year in mid-March, here we profile two campus students in surveying engineering, one pursuing an associate’s degree and one working toward a bachelor’s degree.
Students, staff and faculty all bring unique experiences and knowledge to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre community. Brian Reese, who now serves as a faculty member in information technology, has held all three roles. He began as a student and was later hired as a staff member. He also owns his own business, bringing industry experience to his teaching.
Since she was young, Cassie Dierolf was interested in mental health and disability advocacy, but wasn’t sure where she wanted to go for college or what she wanted to do for a career. Things began to click into place for her on her first visit to Penn State Wilkes-Barre, where she immediately had the sense that was where she wanted to go to major in rehabilitation and human services.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will feature student artwork during the newest exhibit in the campus’ Friedman Art Gallery. The student art exhibit, which opened Feb. 3 and runs through March 31, features artwork by students enrolled in three different Penn State Wilkes-Barre courses.
When Walter Sowa, professor emeritus of engineering, turned 100 on Jan. 5, his family and friends gathered to celebrate his life and the impact he has made on others. During his 32-year teaching career, Sowa positively impacted the lives of numerous students at a time of growth and expansion for Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Inspired by his dedication to students and the deep connection he had with the University, several of his children and grandchildren later enrolled at the same university where he taught.
Surveying engineering students from Penn State Wilkes-Barre had the opportunity to learn more about their field and meet with professionals, including program alumni, during the annual Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors conference held Jan. 12-15 in Hershey.
