On Thursday, April 30th, the Department of Academic Affairs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre held their 26th Annual Celebration of Academic Excellence. The following students were awarded honors at the ceremony.
On Thursday, August 6, 2015 and Friday, August 7, 2015, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education will offer a course in Computational Methods in Stormwater Management. The two-day course will run from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. each day and has an early bird (June 2, 2015) registration fee of $950.00 per person. After June 2, the full registration fee is $999.00 per person-deadline to register is July 3, 2015. Registration fee after July 3, 2015 is $1,049.00 (if space permits).
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education is currently accepting registrations for its sixth Women in the Sciences and Engineering program (WISE) running August 4th - 6th. Funded by Procter and Gamble's Live, Learn, and Thrive grant that is offering 12 young women a chance into the program at no cost on a first come, first served basis. Students are asked to request a teacher's recommendation for entry into the program.
Dr. Charles Davis, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chancellor, and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association are pleased to announce the 2014-2015 student recipients of The John R. Murphy Award for Excellence in Leadership & Service, The Martin U. Dougherty Emerging Leader Award, The Eric A. & Josephine S. Walker Award, and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities.
On Saturday, May 9th at 10 a.m., Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Chancellor Charles Davis will honor Penn State University's 2015 graduating class during a commencement ceremony taking place in the campus' Athletic and Recreation Building.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre's TRIO Student Support Services office recognized the program's scholars and graduates at its annual End of the Year Celebration on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Apple Tree Terrace in Dallas.
Chancellor Charles Davis and Director of Academic Affairs Dr. Albert Lozano-Nieto are pleased to announce the awarding of two Research Grants from the Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering division in the Penn State College of Engineering to Instructor in Computer Science, Jeff Chiampi and Instructor in Engineering, Tim Sichler.
On April 13th four Penn State Wilkes-Barre surveying engineer students competed and placed third at the "National Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Conference Collaboration: The Map of the Future."
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted its first Undergraduate Research Day. The event, which was co-sponsored and supported by the Wilkes-Barre campus and the Penn State University Libraries, consisted of 61 posters created by 107 students, highlighting their research this semester.
Scott Miner, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Director of Athletics, proudly announces the class of 2015 Penn State Wilkes-Barre Athletics Wall of Fame. Those inductees are George Jones, Ed Keil, Michele Vowler and Michael Haley.