Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education is proud to offer continuing education training for professional engineers and those in the construction business.
The Green Advantage® Training and Certification program, designed to meet ACT 25 requirements for professional engineers, land surveyors, and geologists licensed in Pennsylvania, focuses on maintaining, improving, and expanding the skills and knowledge relevant to licensee's professional practice. Professional engineers can earn eight professional development hours (PDHs).
The Continuing Education Department at Penn State Wilkes-Barre is pleased to announce Computer Training for the 21st Century. A Windows 7 Overview seminar will take place Thursday, October 14 from 6-9 p.m. and Transitioning into Office 2010 will be held Thursday, October 21 from 6-9 p.m.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Student Support Services recently received a five-year grant funded by the TRIO program administered by the Department of Education. The grant, $290,516 per year, allows the campus to provide services to first-generation students, low-income students, and students with disabilities.
On Tuesday, October 5 beginning at 8:45 a.m., Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host the annual Youth Symposium, a day-long event that brings together more than 300 area high school students to teach them skills that will help them properly address the contemporary issues of justice, tolerance, and violence.
On Friday, October 15, 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 October event will focus on the local government and business implications of the current Marcellus shale.
On Saturday, October 2, members of the Penn State community will take over the River Grille in Plains, Pa. for the annual Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society Tailgate Party.
The party, scheduled for Penn State's match-up against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa, will begin at 7:30 p.m., half an hour before the 8 p.m. kickoff. The party will last until a half hour after the game ends and boasts tailgate style food and drinks, as well a halftime raffle and a 50/50 drawing.
Approximately 250 Penn State students and staff from each Penn State campus and University Park recently gathered at Penn State Altoona to attend the Penn State University Summer Leadership Conference.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently held its annual orientation program for first-year and transfer students. On Thursday, August 19, a group of more than 30 current students and recent alumni served as Orientation Leaders and spent time getting to know the newest members of the Penn State family through "Jack-tivities."
Jack Chambers of Creative Educational Concepts led the Orientation Leaders and new students through a series of games and activities designed to stimulate conversation, build relationships, and welcome them to Penn State.
On Sunday, August 29, more than 120 artisans, musicians, crafters, and more will converge on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in Lehman for the 26th Annual Arts at Hayfield Summer Festival from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the campus grounds.
Featuring blues music by Teddy Young and the Aces, folk sounds of Just Us, cultural new wave music by Tribal Waves, Irish folk music by Donegal Weavers, and belly dancer Carrey Mudlock, both local and regional performers will take to the stage starting at 11:30 a.m.
On Wednesday, August 4, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education held its first "Second Life" workshop. Second Life (SL) is a virtual world that has become a dominant entrant into the immersive, 3D marketplace for many colleges and universities.
With SL, users can establish an account, create, move, and modify an avatar, locate and join a group, and visit many educational-related "in world" SL locations while also examining how educational institutions are using SL and how SL can be used for non-educational needs.