Stand for State will host an event, “All That WE ARE,” at Penn State campuses between Jan. 15 and 30. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate.
Along with four other recent graduates, Kathleen Ritter helps comprise the inaugural class of Young Alumni Ambassadors, an Alumni Association initiative that supports and strengthens young leaders as they become lifelong Penn State volunteers.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society will host a Playstation Fiesta Bowl viewing party for Penn State football fans in northeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday, Dec. 30.
Beginning Jan. 13, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will begin hosting two seven-week SAT preparation course sessions for those students interested in taking the SAT exam for the 2018 dates.
“Native American Trans-Mississippi Exposition,” an art exhibit providing a unique opportunity to view copied original Frank Rinehart photos taken in 1898 at The Native American Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska, will be on display now through December, in the Friedman Art Gallery at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Penn State President Eric J. Barron has been named chairman of the Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity for the Association of Public Land-grant Universities.
Penn State has been awarded an $824,768 CCAMPIS (Child Care Access Means Parents in School) grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide financial assistance for child care to qualifying low-income undergraduate and graduate student parents at University Park and 20 additional campus locations.
Earth Conservancy, in partnership with Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education, will be enrolling participants in the Environmental Workforce Training Program, slated to begin in February 2018.
Robert Channing, the world's foremost mind reader, motivational speaker, entertainer and author, will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.