When making a college decision, financial assistance is an important component for students and their families. Penn State is committed to making a college education affordable and accessible to everyone. To aid in that goal, the University provides financial assistance to many students, and at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 88 percent of students receive some form of it, including scholarships.
Junenoire Fonte and Bailey Hayes have been selected as student marshals for the Class of 2025’s commencement ceremony, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer Lynda Goldstein announced.
Joseph Boylan, a business leader and Penn State Wilkes-Barre alumnus, will serve as the speaker for the commencement ceremony at Penn State Wilkes-Barre on May 10.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its annual scholarship dinner on March 27 at The Greens at Irem Clubhouse, recognizing donors and bringing them together with campus students who have received scholarships.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre held the Celebration of Scholarship, an annual research fair at the campus, on April 8. The event allows faculty and students to present their current research, scholarship and artistic endeavors.
Faculty and students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Penn State Wilkes-Barre are collaborating to develop virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications for use in geospatial education.
As president of Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Business and Entrepreneurial Club, Jada Vanderpool has the opportunity to help organize events, meet business leaders and gain valuable networking skills. She said she thinks the experience she has gained at Penn State Wilkes-Barre will be of great benefit to her future career in accounting.
The public is invited to a new exhibit at Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s Friedman Art Gallery. “Empty and Full: Series & Introduction to Self-Painted Korean Traditional Art Pieces” by artist and doctoral student Tae Hee Kim ("Ajin") is open April 2-30 during regular gallery hours.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosted the Northeast Regional Science Olympiad on March 12. The event brought about 650 students from throughout the northeastern Pennsylvania region to campus for the annual middle and high school science competition.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s robust surveying engineering program offers two degrees, an associate’s in surveying engineering technology and a bachelor of science in surveying engineering. The degree program students opt for is a personal choice, based on their interests, goals and personal situations. In honor of National Surveyors Week, held each year in mid-March, here we profile two campus students in surveying engineering, one pursuing an associate’s degree and one working toward a bachelor’s degree.
