On Friday, July 12th, 2013 the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society will host its 18th Annual Penn State "Masters" Golf Tournament at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountain Top, PA.
The proceeds from this year's event will benefit the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Society's Scholarship Fund, the Alumni Speaker Series, THON, Academic Excellence Awards, and other initiatives, which help the students of Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is currently accepting registrations for its fourth Women in the Sciences and Engineering program (WISE) running July 29th - 31st. Funded by Procter and Gamble's Live, Learn, and Thrive grant that is offering 20 young women a chance into the program at no cost. Students are asked to request a teacher's recommendation for entry into the program. This three day camp, on The 3 Dimensional World will be taught under the leadership of Timothy Sichler, a Penn State instructor of engineering.
Congratulations to all of the student-athletes who were named to the Spring PSUAC All-Academic Team. These student-athletes participated in Spring sports (men's basketball, women's basketball, and baseball), while achieving over a 3.0 GPA cumulatively or during the Spring semester.
Men's Basketball: Jacob Bronder, Greg Cooper, William Dankwah, Travis Dunlap, Drew Walker
Women's Basketball: Tiaira Brathwaite
Baseball: Matthew Kempinski, Jeremy McDonnell, Ed Moffett, Taylor Shepley, Michael Tierney
Head Women's Basketball Coach Kevin Kringe has left Penn State Wilkes-Barre to pursue another coaching opportunity. Kringe led the women's basketball program to a 6-15 overall and 3-11 PSUAC record in his only season with the Mountain Lions. "I appreciate Kevin's work with our women's basketball program in his short time here and wish him the best of luck in the future," said Director of Athletics, Brian D. Stanchak. The search for a new Head Women's Basketball Coach has already begun.
On Saturday, May 4th at 10 a.m., Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Chancellor Charles Davis honored Penn State University's 2013 graduating class during a commencement ceremony held in the campus' Athletic and Recreation Building.
Introduction to Business Management Certificate: Michael J. Hannon [Avoca], Dorothy Ann Daniels [Nanticoke] & Christine Rhines [Kingston]
Associate in Business Administration: Marcie Ann Blair [Springville] & Garry R. Musselman, Jr. [Dallas]
Dr. Charles Davis, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chancellor, and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association are pleased to announce the 2012-2013 student recipients of The John R. Murphy Award for Excellence in Leadership & Service, The Martin U. Dougherty Emerging Leader Award, The Eric A. & Josephine Walker Award, and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities.
Congratulations and best of luck to Penn State Wilkes-Barre student-athletes who will be graduating on Saturday! Graduates include Katie Beach, Brennan Coates, Abby Collins, Travis Dunlap, Nate Fiscus, Matthew Kempinski, Latroya Knight, Sen Lin, and Roger Sporre.
