On Friday, November 9th, join Chancellor Dr. Charles Davis & the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education department for their Executive Management Series, co-sponsored by The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, Regional Entertainment Investments in the Future: Yankees and Mohegan Sun Arena. The Executive Management Series is held at Best Western Genetti Hotel and Conference Center in Wilkes-Barre, beginning at 7:45 a.m.
On Wednesday, October 17th, Penn State Wilkes-Barre honored 80 students who were awarded scholarships for the 2012-2013 school year at the annual Scholarship Dinner held at Appletree Terrace. This year, Penn State Wilkes-Barre awarded 260 students approximately $530,000 in scholarships.
In addition to students, approximately 35 scholarship donors also attended the dinner. Students were given the opportunity to mingle with their donors during dinner and be able to personally thank them.
On Saturday, September 29th, a team of Penn State Wilkes-Barre engineering students and professors successfully launched a high-altitude balloon 94,625 ft. into the overcast stratosphere.
Vice President of the Engineering Club David Cantoran described the experience as astonishing.
"I believe more people should experience it [the balloon launch]," said Cantoran. "Overall, I would call the launch extremely successful and I enjoyed being part of Dr. Lozano's team."
Alex Leandri was named PSUAC Women's Runner of the Year, and Chris Monahan was named PSUAC Men's Runner of the Year by the Penn State University Athletic Conference on Saturday afternoon. Emily Pszeniczny was also named to the All-Conference Team.
Alex Leandri decided just one PSUAC Individual Women's Championship wasn't enough, and Chris Monahan won the first PSUAC Individual Men's Cross Country Championship in school history. Leandri won her second straight PSUAC Individual Women's Cross Country Championship with a new course record of 20:37 on the 5k course. Monahan finished the 8k men's race with a time of 29:25. Emily Pszeniczny finished third in the PSUAC on the women's side. The runners will next complete for a USCAA National Championship in Lake Placid, NY on November 9th.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre held a groundbreaking on October 17th for the newest building on the 54-acre Lehman campus, to be called the Struthers Family Career Services Center.
The 12th annual Penn State Wilkes-Barre Engineering Open House was held on Thursday, October 11th. Approximately 120 high-school students attended this event to observe different aspects of the engineering field.
During the opening session of the day, students were welcomed to campus by Chancellor Charles Davis. Dr. Tom Seybert then explained the engineering options at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, as well as the 2+2 programs in engineering.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre women's volleyball team spent a majority of their season raising money for a good cause, ALS. The team raised over $270 to be donated to the ALS Association. We applaud the women for their effort! To learn more about ALS and the ALS Association, please visit www.alsa.org.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3-6) soccer team finished its 2012 season with an 8-1 win over Penn State Worthington-Scranton. Wilkes-Barre won its last two games of the season by outscoring their opponents 17-2. Wilkes-Barre was led today with goals by Rob Hadvance (2), Mark Bugelholl (2), David Cavalieri, Paul Acenszi, Aaron Smith, and Matt John.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre swept the individual titles at the Penn State DuBois meet on Saturday. Chris Monohan finished first in the men's race and Alex Leandri finished first in the women's race. Emily Pszeniczny finished third in the women's race, while the men's team finished fourth out of seven teams. Wilkes-Barre will finish up the season at the PSUAC Championships next Saturday at Penn State Brandywine.