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.
Margo DelliCarpini, Penn State vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor, will be leaving the University effective June 30 to take on a new position as the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at the College of New Jersey.
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.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host University Laureate Michele Dunleavy for a dance-themed workshop open to the public at no cost on April 7 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
