With COVID-19 cases rising in Pennsylvania and across the country and the more aggressive and more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus becoming the dominant strain, Penn State is adjusting its health and safety plans for the fall 2021 semester. Penn State President Eric Barron joined other University leaders for a town hall on Aug. 3 to share the fall plans with the Penn State community.
Penn State ranked 38th among all large U.S. employers — public, private and nonprofit — for new college graduates entering the workforce, according to a recent Forbes survey.
A Penn State Wilkes-Barre professor has written a book that analyzes the hit television series “Columbo” and the investigative methods of its main character. Christyne Berzsenyi, professor of English and coordinator of the associate degree program in Letters, Arts, and Sciences, authored “Columbo: A Rhetoric of Inquiry with Resistant Responders.” The book is scheduled for release on July 16.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers a variety of certificates for working professionals who want to gain or improve their skills in certain areas, including business management, supply chain management and financial accounting.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s golf coach is celebrating more than three decades as a member of the coaching staff. Ed Keil, an accomplished golfer and Penn State Wilkes-Barre alumnus, has served as the school’s golf coach for 33 years.
It might be summer, but campus is still “abuzz” with activity – this time of the flying kind. After a swarm of bees was discovered at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, the cluster was safely relocated a few miles away.
