As the healthcare industry begins a widespread shift to digital record-keeping and electronic information transfer, a growing need has emerged among employees of this industry to be more knowledgeable and skilled in information technology skills and practices.
Dr. Albert Lozano-Nieto, professor of engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently published his first book, RFID Design Fundamentals and Applications, through CRC Press.
Dr. Charles D. Ghilani, Professor of Engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently became the inaugural president of the newly formed Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society (SAGES).
Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently held its annual Scholarship Dinner at Appletree Terrace at Newberry Estates in Dallas, Pa.  This event recognizes donors who have endowed scholarships and awards at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and brings those donors together with their respective scholarship and award recipients. This year more than 200 students received scholarships and awards totaling more than $500,000.
Students are selected for scholarships primarily based on academic excellence, service to the campus and community, and outstanding leadership.
On Sunday, November 7, Arts at Hayfield will hold its 21st annual Homespun Holiday craft show at Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Lehman, Pa. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Countless handcrafted items will be on sale at the event including foods, soaps, candles, pottery, furniture and wood creations, fabric creations, prints and paintings, jewelry, glassware, photographs, stained glass, gingerbread houses, and floral arrangements.
On Thursday, October 28, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host a forum on the Luzerne County Home Rule Charter issue. Both sides of the Home Rule Charter debate will be represented, with each side receiving 30 minutes each to present their arguments followed by 10 minutes each for rebuttal. Questions from the audience will also be addressed.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre and its Continuing Education department are pleased to announce the addition of Georgia Egan to its staff as she assumes the position of Education Program Associate for Continuing Education.
Members of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Surveying Society recently volunteered their time lending a hand with the Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity, a community project that they have enjoyed for the past several years.
On Tuesday, October 26, the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Administration of Justice faculty in conjunction with the Students for Justice Club will host a presentation titled "Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations in Pennsylvania."Â The presentation will take place at 12 p.m. in the Barry Auditorium, room 103, of the Academic Commons on campus.
The presentation features Bill Babcock, coordinator of the Philadelphia, Pa. Community Courts and a member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project.
On Thursday, October 21, Dr. David Chin, Associate Professor of English at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, will read his poetry as part of Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Scholarly Lecture Series. The reading will take place at 12:05 p.m. in the Technology Center, room 14.