To celebrate the completion of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Penn State Wilkes-Barre is hosting a movie and discussion series highlighting the touching stories of real-life athletes. The series kicked off Thursday evening, March 25 with former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey player Dennis Bonvie introducing the movie "Miracle."
Bonvie spoke about his hockey career and the power of persistence, noting his own struggles on the path to becoming a better hockey player and making it to the professional hockey world.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently completed a training program for public high school teachers on careers in the logistics and transportation industry.
This project was a partnership of the Luzerne Intermediate Unit, Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Sears Logistics Services in Hanover Township. Approximately 25 teachers were provided with instruction on careers in this industry and the logistics of supply chain management.
In honor of the recent 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Penn State Wilkes-Barre is hosting a five-week movie and discussion series beginning Thursday, March 25, highlighting the touching stories of real-life athletes.
In Luzerne County alone, there are 11 school districts encompassing more than 100 educational institutes, where many students deal with bullying, conflict, emotional stress, death and grieving, and even language barriers.
This summer, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Continuing Education is hosting a series of three Act 48 approved workshops to help area educators better understand and deal with many of these concerns while providing supportive, positive classroom environments.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Men's Basketball team recently competed in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) National Championship Tournament, which was held this year on the campus of Penn State Fayette in Uniontown, Pa. The Mountain Lions played four games in as many days against top ranked opponents, posting a respectable 2-2 in the tournament to claim the sixth place spot in the season's final USCAA National Rankings.
Julie Barone, a Fall 2009 graduate of Penn State Wilkes-Barre with a B.S. in Administration of Justice, shares her story of working as an intern with the United States Fire Administration in Emmitsburg, Md.:
Dr. Theodora Jankowski, English professor and Director of Academic Affairs at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently traveled to UCLA to participate in the Andrew W. Mellon/Sawyer Seminar Series "Homosexualities, from Antiquity to the Present."
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) recently named the 2009 All-American and All-Academic players. Two members of Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Men's Basketball Team received honors at a banquet held Tuesday, March 2:
Michael Buczkowski, a junior guard from Philadelphia was named to the Division 2 All-Academic Team while Frank Peters, a sophomore forward also out of Philadelphia, earned Division 2 All-American Honorable Mention recognition.
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Come Visit Our Evening Open House - Wednesday, November 11!
- Meet faculty and staff
- Speak with current students about clubs and athletics
- Learn about admissions and financial aid
March 2010 marks a very busy time for the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus, not only with our own students, but with area junior and senior high school students. In the coming weeks, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host several competitions in the subjects of engineering, science, and history, bringing the area's best and brightest middle and high school students to the campus: