Courtney Dierolf, a third-year student majoring in criminal justice at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, has been named the 2025 recipient of Arts at Hayfield’s Irene Thomas Memorial Award, the nonprofit campus and community arts organization has announced.
Penn State is implementing new measures in support of students at the Commonwealth Campuses scheduled to close after the spring 2027 semester, including waiving both the tuition surcharge for course loads above 19 credits and the student-initiated fee.
During finals week, Penn State University Libraries offers stress-reducing games and activities to help students relax as they study for finals and complete end-of-semester projects.
Surveying engineering students, faculty, industry professionals and other members of the campus community had the opportunity to network, connect and celebrate the national recognition Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s surveying engineering program received during a recent event on campus.
A group of surveying students from Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently visited the Philadelphia branch of Keystone Aerial Surveys Inc., a professional geospatial data acquisition firm. Accompanied by Lecturer in Surveying Engineering Matthew Sharr, Penn State class of 2014, the group had the chance to tour Keystone Aerial’s facility, seeing its aerial mapping operation, the technology and data processing behind the firm’s work.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has announced its dean’s list for summer 2025. Undergraduate students must achieve a one-semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher to be eligible.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has received the highest award from a national surveying organization, recognizing the outstanding quality of the surveying engineering program at the campus.
Nathan “Nate” Crotts, who earned a bachelor’s of science in surveying engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre in May, and Salvatore Marsico, associate professor of engineering at the campus, visited the University of Campinas in Brazil to further their research on using artificial intelligence and large language models to map roadway assets at the end of the spring semester.
Jason Kepner, class of 2022 in telecommunications, who started his college experience at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, can count an Emmy award among his achievements.
