Students and chancellors from 13 campuses accompanied University President Eric Barron for an event on June 20 in Harrisburg announcing the next series of six $50,000 grants for Commonwealth Campuses to expand the Invent Penn State initiative.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chancellor Charles Davis and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Government Association are pleased to announce the 2015-16 student recipients of the John R. Murphy Award for Excellence in Leadership & Service, the Martin U. Dougherty Emerging Leader Award, and the Eric A. & Josephine S. Walker Award.
John R. Murphy Award winner Ryan Oliver with the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Student Affairs Staff; staff assistant Michelle Yaple, Director of Student Affairs and Engagement Wanda Ochei, and student activities director Jackie Warnick-Piatt
This July, Christopher Cantine, a senior business management major, will represent Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Canada on the 2016 CAN-AM Challenge College Basketball Tour. The eight-day trip will take Cantine through Ontario, making stops in Ottawa, Toronto, Brampton, Oakville and Niagra Falls, where he will compete against Canadian college teams along the way.
One of the first graduates of Penn State’s shared Corporate Communication program, Shawnna Meyers, participated in her commencement this past weekend, and she attributes much of her success to her professional e-portfolio. Recently, we asked Meyers to share her story with us and explored how the use of e-portfolios and being part of a shared academic program has helped her succeed, both in college and in acquiring her first career-related job.
