In a time when the economy is tough and every penny counts, Penn State Wilkes-Barre is doing its part to keep its students educated about poverty, not just around the world, but in the United States, and possibly in their own backyards.
On Tuesday, November 17, the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus Environment Team hosted a Poverty Awareness Meal, sharing with the campus and community some very real statistics of poverty in America and allowing participants to partake of a meal from various socioeconomic classes.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre THON Committee recently held a Penny Wars competition to raise money for the Penn State Dance Marathon (THON), offering a chance for students to sabotage each other and have one of their friends take a pie in the face.
For one week, cans were set up in the Student Commons, one for each campus club's president, and students had the chance to "vote" on the club president they would like to see hit with a pie by placing money in their cans.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Lambda Sigma Honor Society and the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Surveying Society recently welcomed a speaker from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to Penn State Wilkes-Barre for an evening lecture on hydrographic surveying.
On Thursday, November 19 at 11 a.m., New York Times Bestselling author Edwin Black will be at Penn State Wilkes-Barre to present "Corporate Ethics and War."
Coming from a 9-12 record last season, the men's basketball team at Penn State Wilkes-Barre is back with a vengeance.
"We should definitely make it to playoffs this year," junior tri-captain John Sanderson said. "We're more athletic this year; we're a lot taller and a lot faster. It's a total 360 from last year. When we don't have practice, we're still in the gym working out. We want to be here."
Though this year's team is fairly young, only three returning players, most of the team has been playing basketball for a decade or more.
Dr. Enrique J. Berjano of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) spent the past several weeks visiting Penn State Wilkes-Barre as a guest lecturer and observer of education in America.
On Friday, October 16, Berjano presented a brief program on how engineering as a field supports biomedical engineering, emphasizing the importance of communication and sharing information between engineers, doctors, and the companies that transform an engineer's designs into the tools doctors use.
This past Saturday, October 24, more than 100 area Penn State fans overtook the River Grille in Plains, Pa. for the annual Penn State Wilkes-Barre Alumni Constituent Society Tailgate Party.
Saturday's game, Penn State at Michigan, provided an exciting show for the tailgaters, who enjoyed a traditional tailgate menu of hot dogs, chicken wings, barbecue sandwiches, and an assortment of beverages.
Frank LittleBear, a First Nation Native American lecturer, performing artist, and musician will be at Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Thursday, November 5 to celebrate Native American History Month with the campus and community.
On Thursday, November 5, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be hosting an Executive Management Breakfast Series at The Woodlands Inn and Resort in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The topic for the November event will focus on the discovery of Marcellus Shale and the impacts of drilling for this resource.