Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently completed a training program for public high school teachers on careers in the logistics and transportation industry.
This project was a partnership of the Luzerne Intermediate Unit, Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Sears Logistics Services in Hanover Township. Approximately 25 teachers were provided with instruction on careers in this industry and the logistics of supply chain management.
In honor of the recent 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Penn State Wilkes-Barre is hosting a five-week movie and discussion series beginning Thursday, March 25, highlighting the touching stories of real-life athletes.
Julie Barone, a Fall 2009 graduate of Penn State Wilkes-Barre with a B.S. in Administration of Justice, shares her story of working as an intern with the United States Fire Administration in Emmitsburg, Md.:
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Men's Basketball team recently competed in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) National Championship Tournament, which was held this year on the campus of Penn State Fayette in Uniontown, Pa. The Mountain Lions played four games in as many days against top ranked opponents, posting a respectable 2-2 in the tournament to claim the sixth place spot in the season's final USCAA National Rankings.
Dr. Theodora Jankowski, English professor and Director of Academic Affairs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently traveled to UCLA to participate in the Andrew W. Mellon/Sawyer Seminar Series "Homosexualities, from Antiquity to the Present."
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) recently named the 2009 All-American and All-Academic players. Two members of Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Men's Basketball Team received honors at a banquet held Tuesday, March 2:
Michael Buczkowski, a junior guard from Philadelphia was named to the Division 2 All-Academic Team while Frank Peters, a sophomore forward also out of Philadelphia, earned Division 2 All-American Honorable Mention recognition.
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Hard work and dedication seldom go unnoticed in life. Such is often the case in competitive athletics as well, a lesson not lost on this year's Penn State Wilkes-Barre Men's Basketball Team: early Wednesday afternoon, February 24, the Mountain Lions were officially extended an invitation to compete in this year's United States Colligate Athletic Association's (USCAA) National Championship Tournament.
March 2010 marks a very busy time for the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus, not only with our own students, but with area junior and senior high school students. In the coming weeks, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host several competitions in the subjects of engineering, science, and history, bringing the area's best and brightest middle and high school students to the campus:
With Marcellus shale becoming an increasingly prominent topic, Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Penn State Cooperative Extension are working together to host a Marcellus shale seminar for realtors. Participating sponsors include Chesapeake Energy and Century 21. The seminar is scheduled for Thursday, March 18 at 6 p.m. in Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Bell Center for Technology, Lehman, Pa.