The Arts at Hayfield Summer Festival will return to Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s campus on Sunday, Aug. 28, after a two-year hiatus. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., rain or shine.
As students plan their return to Penn State campuses for the fall 2022 semester, the University continues to provide resources to help individuals stay safe and healthy and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre has raised more than $6.06 million, exceeding the campus campaign goal and helping the University to achieve record-breaking success in its recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.”
Penn State University Health Services (UHS) is encouraging students to protect themselves against monkeypox in light of cases in Pennsylvania and nationally. Monkeypox is a viral infection primarily spread through prolonged close contact. It is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and anybody can be at risk, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
A Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty member spent two months in Greece this summer as part of a research fellowship. Dimitrios Bolkas, associate professor of surveying engineering, was awarded a fellowship from the Institute of International Education’s Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP). Through the program, he traveled to Greece to collaborate on research regarding point clouds and improving the accuracy of point clouds for surveying applications.
