One of the first graduates of Penn State’s shared Corporate Communication program, Shawnna Meyers, participated in her commencement this past weekend, and she attributes much of her success to her professional e-portfolio. Recently, we asked Meyers to share her story with us and explored how the use of e-portfolios and being part of a shared academic program has helped her succeed, both in college and in acquiring her first career-related job.
In the campus' continuing efforts to support the local community, Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty and staff made a donation to the Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank's Feeding America Backpack Program.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Chancellor Charles Davis honored the 2016 graduating class during a commencement ceremony May 7 in the campus’ Athletic and Recreation Building.
To enable cellular calls in areas with weak carrier coverage or in buildings with spotty reception, Voice over Wireless, or Wi-Fi calling, is now supported at Penn State through the University’s primary cellular vendors: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint.
When the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber opened the doors to the Wilkes-Barre THINK Center, Penn State Wilkes-Barre student Graham Speace’s creativity was on display. Speace, a surveying engineering technology student, was one of four finalists in the “Name The Tech Workshop” contest held by the chamber.
From Lego Land to ogre swamps, from sports to science and animals to art, Penn State Wilkes-Barre is offering 27 enrichment and four sports camps this summer, which are sure to appeal to every young mind.
Local artist Elisabeth Samanas will display her pyrography work May 13-27 in a solo show titled “Burnt Impressions" in the Friedman Art Gallery at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education is currently accepting registrations for its seventh Women in the Sciences and Engineering program (WISE), which will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27-29. Funded by Procter and Gamble’s Live, Learn and Thrive grant, the program is offered at a nominal cost of $30 per student on a first-come, first-served basis.
This week, we recognize five people who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with the College of the Liberal Arts, Dickinson Law, and Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Greater Allegheny.
