Dimitrios Bolkas, associate professor of surveying engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, has received the 2022 University College Faculty Scholar Award, which honors a University College faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in research, scholarship and/or creative accomplishments.
Nikolai Feduchak knew that he wanted to serve his country from an early age. He has fulfilled this objective time and again, whether directly through his years in the U.S. Army infantry, in his current role as a member of the Veterans Support Club at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, or unknowingly as a child.
Based on public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), face masks are no longer required to be worn indoors at the Abington, Beaver, Behrend, Brandywine and Greater Allegheny campuses; however, indoor masking is required at the Hazleton, Schuylkill and Wilkes-Barre campuses.
A new student-created art exhibit has opened at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Friedman Art Gallery. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Monday through Friday, runs through Sept. 15.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has announced the students named to its spring 2022 Dean’s List. To be eligible, undergraduate students must achieve a one-semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its annual Leadership and Athletics Awards Ceremony on April 27 at Appletree Terrace, presenting campus awards and honoring outstanding student leaders and student athletes at the campus.
Thanks to students, faculty, staff and supporters who lead by example, Penn State’s “We Are” mantra extends far beyond us alone. With the close of another academic year, we reflect on how our campus embraces a culture of giving, evidenced by various events and activities brought to life by Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s inspired doers.
Hannah Farber, who recently completed her second year at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, has been selected to participate in the Multi-Campus Research Experience for Undergraduates (MC REU) program. The program will allow Farber to conduct research in conjunction with a faculty member from her home campus of Penn State Wilkes-Barre and one based at University Park.
Face masks are now required to be worn indoors on eight Penn State campuses, in accordance with public health guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that advises that masks be worn in counties with high COVID-19 Community Levels.
Even before taking the reins as Penn State’s 19th president this month, Neeli Bendapudi has spent much of the spring traveling across the commonwealth on her listening tour of the University’s campuses.
