Chancellor Charles Davis is pleased to announce the addition Wanda Ochei, Director of Student Services and Engagement (DSSE), to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus Leadership.
Chancellor Charles Davis and Director of Academic Affairs Albert Lozano-Nieto are pleased to announce the addition of new faculty to Penn State Wilkes-Barre for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Penn State Financial Literacy Manager Daad Rizk has compiled a list of six basic financial tips to help students successfully adapt to life away from home.
On August 7th, Penn State Wilkes-Barre senior electrical engineering technology student Mike Wright of Dallas participated in the inaugural Penn State Multi-Campus Engineering Research Experience for Undergraduates held at University Park presenting his poster on Simulating Frictionless Bearings.
Penn State Financial Literacy Manager Daad Rizk has compiled a list of six basic financial tips to help students successfully adapt to life away from home.
Beginning Thursday, September 17th and spanning five weeks, Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Continuing Education will be offering Conversational Spanish.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers courses for those who interact with Spanish-speaking employees in the workplace, and who are seeking basic conversational Spanish skills for use in their day-to-day communications. It is expected that participants will have no Spanish training or limited Spanish education that has been forgotten.
Jennie Levine Knies, head librarian at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and Timothy Sichler, instructor in engineering, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, were recently awarded a $2,037 Teaching Project grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
On Friday, July 10th, The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society hosted its 20th Annual "Masters" Golf Tournament at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountaintop. The tournament raised approximately $6,000, used to support a variety of programs for Penn State Wilkes-Barre students including the Student Mentor Program, Academic Excellence Awards, THON, and other student initiatives.
To be eligible for Dean's List, undergraduate students must achieve a one semester grade point average of at least 3.5. The following students were named to the Spring 2015 Dean's List at Penn State Wilkes-Barre:
Omar Abualburak, Wyoming. Brittany Acevedo, Shavertown. Aaron Aciukewicz, Trucksville. Zachary Aciukewicz, Trucksville. Christopher Albee, Dallas. Rick Aldrich, Hanover. Jacob Arnold, Wyoming. Tyler Avery, Orangeville.
Beginning August 18th, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will begin hosting four seven-week SAT preparation course sessions for those students interested in taking the SAT exam for the 2015/2016 dates. Penn State Wilkes-Barre, in cooperation with Cambridge Educational Services, Inc., offers high school students an opportunity to raise their score on the SAT, and instructs students in proven test-taking strategies to help them realize their full potential on the test.
