Penn State offers a Mock Interview workshop to help prepare students for the interview process to land a job they desire. On March 15th, Maura Maros of CIGNA had a mock interview with Megan Millo, of Dallas, who majors in Business Marketing/Management with plans to do a marketing internship. Megan has career aspirations to enter the gourmet food industry.
Members of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Honors Program took a trip to the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon, Fl. This trip is a component of Honors 297, a course in Ocean Mammal Communications and completed the students' coursework on dolphin cognition and behavior. The students also spent time in Key West and Florida Key state parks, including Fort Zachary Taylor State Park and Bahia Honda State Park.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team (4-11 overall; 4-8 PSUAC) dropped both games of a double header against PSUAC rival Penn State Brandywine on Friday. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre fell to Brandywine 1-5. Sophomore Kyle LeValley had a double for Wilkes-Barre. Freshman Zach Yursha hit a solo homerun to score Wilkes-Barre's only RBI of the game. Pitcher junior Matt Kempinski took the loss for Wilkes-Barre. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre lost 3-10 to Brandywine. Yursha batted in two runs for Wilkes-Barre.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team dropped both games of a double header against Penn State Beaver on Monday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre came up short losing to Beaver 4-7. For Wilkes-Barre, freshman Ryan Goodwin went 3 for 4 at the plate with 4 RBI's, a double and a homerun. Pitching for Wilkes-Barre, freshman Robert Vollmer took the loss. With a young team in a rebuilding year, Wilkes-Barre lost the second game to Beaver 2-23.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team split a double header with PSUAC rival Penn State Hazleton on Sunday afternoon. In the first game Wilkes-Barre fell short, losing 4-6 to Hazleton. Senior Pete Kelly and freshmen Zach Yursha, Robert Vollmer and Kyle Colarusso each had RBI's for Wilkes-Barre. Pitching for Wilkes-Barre, junior Matt Kempinski took the loss. With the loss, Wilkes-Barre fell to 3-7 overall and 3-3 in the PSUAC. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre battled back to defeat Hazleton 7-6. Yursha led Wilkes-Barre with two RBI's.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team improved to 3-3 in the PSUAC (3-6 overall) after sweeping the double-header vs. Penn State York tonight. The win in the second game of the double-header matched Wilkes-Barre's win total from all of last year. Wilkes-Barre won 10-9 in the first game and came back from 2 runs down on Pete Kelly's game-winning double to win 9-8 in the second game. Wilkes-Barre will next play this Saturday (March 31st) at home vs. Penn State Beaver at 2:00 pm and Sunday (April 1) vs. Penn State Hazleton at 12:00 pm.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's baseball team took one of two games in a double header against PSUAC rival Penn State Fayette on Monday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre fought hard to take a 5-4 victory in 8 innings. Senior Peter Kelly, sophomore Kyle LeValley, and freshmen Ryan Goodwin and Robert Vollmer each had RBIs for Wilkes-Barre. Pitching the last two innings for Wilkes-Barre, Goodwin (1-0) took the win.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's baseball team lost both games of a double-header in their first PSUAC match-up of the season against Penn State Greater Allegheny on Saturday afternoon. With a young squad on the field against Greater Allegheny, Wilkes-Barre lost 0-13 in the first game and 0-10 in the second game.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre baseball team lost both games of a double-header against NCAA Division III Marywood University on Saturday afternoon. In the first game, Wilkes-Barre lost to Marywood 1-8 to fall to 0-2 on the season. Wilkes-Barre's pitcher, freshman Robert Vollmer (0-1), took his first loss of the season. Freshman Ryan Goodwin scored Wilkes-Barre's lone run with his first homerun of the season. In the second game, Wilkes-Barre lost to Marywood 4-12 to fall to an 0-3 record.