Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers a variety of certificates for working professionals who want to gain or improve their skills in certain areas, including business management, supply chain management and financial accounting.
A Penn State Wilkes-Barre professor has written a book that analyzes the hit television series “Columbo” and the investigative methods of its main character. Christyne Berzsenyi, professor of English and coordinator of the associate degree program in Letters, Arts, and Sciences, authored “Columbo: A Rhetoric of Inquiry with Resistant Responders.” The book is scheduled for release on July 16.
Penn State ranked 38th among all large U.S. employers — public, private and nonprofit — for new college graduates entering the workforce, according to a recent Forbes survey.
With COVID-19 cases rising in Pennsylvania and across the country and the more aggressive and more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus becoming the dominant strain, Penn State is adjusting its health and safety plans for the fall 2021 semester. Penn State President Eric Barron joined other University leaders for a town hall on Aug. 3 to share the fall plans with the Penn State community.
Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 conditions around the country and in Pennsylvania, effective immediately (Aug. 4), Penn State will require all students, faculty, staff and visitors — including those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear masks indoors at all campuses. Within the last 24 hours, many counties that are home to Penn State campuses have shifted to “orange” status, warranting an immediate adjustment to the University’s on-campus masking requirement.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, including meetings, tabling, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
In a move designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 on Penn State campuses, the union representing about 2,600 technical service employees, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre is planning several events to welcome students back to campus for the fall semester. COVID-19 safety protocols will continue to be followed. Please note that masks are required in all indoor public spaces on Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s campus.
