Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its 22nd annual Celebration of Academic Excellence ceremony Thursday, April 21. Sponsored by the Department of Academic Affairs, more than 30 students received various awards for exemplary academic performance and high achievement.
The following awards were presented at the ceremony:
2011 President Sparks Award: Kevin A. Bennett, Jennifer M. Naro, Donovan W. Schwartz
Junior and senior electrical engineering technology students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently spent time in their EET 497: Special Topics course studying the principles of renewable energy conversion and its sustainability. Their studies include turbo-machinery, hydro power, wind power, solar power, fuel cells, biomass, nuclear power, and geothermal energy resources.
Taking a hands-on approach to learning about solar energy, students examined solar panels, how they work, and how they can adjust a panel's position for optimum energy production.
"In 2002, I suffered a life-altering injury that fractured my skull, ruptured my ear drum, and broke my back," recalls John Ulichney, Penn State Wilkes-Barre 2011 Outstanding Adult Learner of the Year. "The injury left me permanently paralyzed from the waist down."
The Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS) recently presented Dr. Jon Carson, Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, with the 2011 Outstanding Teacher Award.
According to the PSEAS website, the PSEAS Outstanding Teacher Award "recognizes and rewards outstanding engineering educators for excellence in teaching and for contributions to the art of teaching. These teaching awards are established to confer honor on individuals whose inspiration and contributions to learning are truly memorable."
On Friday, May 6, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be hosting an Executive Management Breakfast Series at the Best Western Genetti Hotel and Conference Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., beginning at 7:45 a.m. The topic for the May event will focus on how local businesses can improve their customer service by using social media, including Facebook and Twitter.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre student Jennifer Naro recently received the Division of Undergraduate Studies Award for Exploratory Students from Penn State University.
Seven students from the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chapter of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College recently spent their Spring Break studying the indigenous people of the West Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona as part of an honors course offered this spring at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Christopher Jackson, a senior surveying engineering student at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, will participate in the U.S. Hydro 2011 Conference sponsored by the Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) this April in Tampa, Fla.
Jack Monick, athletic director at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and a native of Wilkes-Barre, was inducted to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Wall of Fame at an induction ceremony that took place Saturday, February 12 at the campus.