Verma left her home in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, where she was born and raised, on a three-night journey that would take her to the next step in her education — fall semester at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. She is majoring in aerospace engineering and hopes one day to work for NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization.
Local high school students will exhibit their artwork during the sixth annual High School Art Exhibit at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Friedman Art Gallery. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public every Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during holiday breaks, opens Dec. 5 and will run through Jan. 31.
From left: Sal Marsico, associate professor in engineering; Dimitrios Bolkas, associate professor of surveying engineering; and Henrique Candido de Oliveira, associate professor at University of Campinas and former assistant teaching professor at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted a workshop in September that allowed students to use their knowledge about a geographic information system to tackle a real-world problem in impoverished communities in Brazil: How can packages be delivered to people who live in areas without official addresses?
Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host a ceremony on Veterans Day to honor the bravery and dedication of our nation’s service members on Nov. 11 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. The event will also serve as a rededication for the Daniel S. Walko Memorial, which honors a fallen service member who was a campus alumnus.
From left, Caleb Balas, Nikolas Kistner and Alexis McGrady are 2024 graduates of Hanover Area High School who are all continuing their education at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
