The Penn State Wilkes-Barre golf team competed at the PSUAC Penn State Mont Alto Tournament (Penn National-Founders Course, Fayetteville, PA) on Wednesday. The Mountain Lions finished fifth overall out of nine PSUAC schools. Junior Zach Aciukewicz (Dallas, PA) and freshman Jeff Carter (Dallas, PA) finished the day with a score of 84.
Chancellor Charles Davis is pleased to announce the addition of a new faculty member to Penn State Wilkes-Barre for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Dr. Renee Rosier joins the Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty as the new Assistant Professor of Biology. Dr. Rosier will be teaching core biology courses and involving students in her field research.
Beginning Thursday, August 29th, 2013 running through April 10th, 2014, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will offer a Civil Engineering Professional Engineering Exam Review. Sessions will be taught each Thursday from 6-9pm. This session will be delivered via Polycom video conferencing technology from the Penn State Berks campus and be taught by Tom Schreffler, PE. Cost for the review is $1,025.
The Department of Continuing Education at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and co-sponsor The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce proudly announce the fall personal enrichment film & discussion series schedule. Penn State Wilkes-Barre is once again partnering with R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 in Downtown Wilkes-Barre to host a film and discussion series exploring "Five Great Films, Five Great Genres" through Airplane!
Beginning August 20th, 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 upcoming 2013-2014 school year. 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.
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.
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.
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.