The Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus community has successfully secured a matching gift challenge made by long-time supporters Ric and Sharon Struthers for the benefit of the campus’ Student Emergency Fund and Food Bank.
Penn State Commonwealth Campuses Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Hazleton, Greater Allegheny, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Scranton, Schuylkill, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York will follow national movement among small conferences and push pause on play this fall due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Aug. 6, a faculty and staff COVID-19 symptom checker will go live as part of a new employee-centered experience in the Penn State Go app. In addition to the symptom checker, the new Faculty and Staff Experience will feature access to Penn State email, Canvas Teacher, a link to Workday, additional coronavirus resources, and much more.
Penn State has launched an integrated effort to remind faculty, staff and students at all campuses and in adjacent communities of the importance of doing their part to limit the spread of COVID-19. “Mask Up or Pack Up” is a research-based campaign that is also launched in State College to create a seamless message for students and other members of the community.
Sagar Deshpande will join the Penn State Wilkes-Barre surveying engineering team as an associate professor and program coordinator beginning in the fall semester, Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Dale Jones announced.
The Penn State northeast region campuses will host a Fall 2020 Virtual Program Series featuring topics ranging from writing, esports, and wine to chemistry, job interviews, vaccine development and dance.
Supply chain and project management are often individual programs and courses of study, but to Justin Goldston, new faculty member and project and supply chain management program coordinator at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, they can’t be separated. That’s why in his teaching, he links the two while explaining their connection and importance to each other.
