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Penn State Wilkes-Barre hosts Emergency Preparedness Workshop

12/1/10

Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Student Support Services Program recently sponsored an Emergency Preparedness Workshop for faculty and staff. Terry Bates, emergency services manager for the American Red Cross, and Dan Downey, a volunteer with the American Red Cross, taught participants to prepare for an emergency, specifically focusing on emergencies within one's own home.

Wilkes-Barre's Seybert to remain director of ETCE

11/22/10

Tom Seybert, associate professor of engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, has extended his appointment as director of Engineering Technology and Commonwealth Engineering through June 30, 2013.

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High-altitude balloon launched at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

11/19/10

On Saturday, Nov. 13, Penn State Wilkes-Barre held its first high-altitude balloon launch. A team of faculty and students led by Penn State Wilkes-Barre faculty members Albert Lozano-Nieto, professor of engineering, and Jon Carson, associate professor of engineering, assembled the payloads, launched the balloon, tracked and recovered the balloon and cameras sent with it.

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre students receive more than $500,000

11/1/10

Penn State Wilkes-Barre recently held its annual Scholarship Dinner at Appletree Terrace at Newberry Estates in Dallas, Pa. This event recognizes donors who have endowed scholarships and awards at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and brings those donors together with their respective scholarship and award recipients. This year more than 200 students received scholarships and awards totaling more than $500,000.

Arts at Hayfield to host 21st annual Homespun Holiday craft show

10/26/10

Arts at Hayfield will hold its 21st annual Homespun Holiday craft show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7,at Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Lehman, Pa.,

Countless handcrafted items will be on sale at the event including foods, soaps, candles, pottery, furniture and wood creations, fabric creations, prints and paintings, jewelry, glassware, photographs, stained glass, gingerbread houses and floral arrangements.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre to host Home Rule Charter forum

10/21/10

On Thursday, Oct. 28, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will host a forum on the Luzerne County Home Rule Charter issue. Both sides of the Home Rule Charter debate will be represented, with each side receiving 30 minutes each to present their arguments followed by 10 minutes each for rebuttal. Questions from the audience also will be addressed.

Surveying students help build homes

10/19/10

Members of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Surveying Society recently volunteered their time lending a hand with the Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity, a community project that they have enjoyed for the past several years.

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre welcomes new staff member

10/19/10

Penn State Wilkes-Barre and its Continuing Education department are pleased to announce the addition of Georgia Egan to its staff as she assumes the position of education program associate for Continuing Education.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre to host wrongful convictions forum

10/14/10

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Administration of Justice faculty in conjunction with the Students for Justice Club will hold a presentation titled "Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations in Pennsylvania." The presentation will take place at noon in the Barry Auditorium (room 103 of the Academic Commons) on campus.

Computer training offered at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

10/1/10

As part of its Computer Training for the 21st Century initiative, the Continuing Education Department at Penn State Wilkes-Barre will hold a Windows 7 Overview seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 14, and a session titled "Transitioning into Office 2010" from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 21.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre offers training for professional engineers

10/1/10

This November, Penn State Wilkes-Barre will offer the Green Advantage Training and Certification program. Designed to meet ACT 25 requirements for professional engineers, land surveyors, and geologists, this one-day course prepares participants for the GA-Commercial Construction Exam to become Green Advantage Certified.

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2013 Faculty/Staff Award recipients announced, lauded for achievements

3/21/13

Each year, Penn State honors several members of its faculty and staff for the highest levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service. The 2013 Faculty/Staff Award recipients reach across campuses, colleges and administrative units and exemplify best practices and achievements among Penn Staters reflecting the University's mission of teaching, research and service. The honorees will receive their awards at a ceremony at noon Monday, March 25, at the Nittany Lion Inn.

Bill O'Brien speaks at a 2012 Coaches Caravan event

Registration under way for Coaches Caravan

3/15/13

Building on Penn State's "One Team" inaugural year momentum, highlighting the highly successful first season under football Coach Bill O'Brien and looking ahead to 2013, the Penn State Coaches Caravan tour begins another road trip April 30 with visits to 12 locations during two weeks this spring. Registration for the general public is now under way; the April 30 Reading event has sold out.

Schreyer workshop offered via Polycom to four campuses

3/13/13

Crystal Ramsay, instructional consultant with the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will lead the “Motivating Student Learning” workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. March 25 via Polycom to four Penn State campuses.

Update on Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Career Services Center

1/17/13

Progress is under way for Penn State Wilkes-Barre's Struthers Family Career Services Center.

Thanks to a recent gift from longtime Penn State supporters Richard K. and Sharon Struthers, construction began in the fall on The Struthers Family Career Services Center at the campus. The center will offer both current students and job-changing graduates in the region a comprehensive range of resources. Going beyond traditional services such as resume workshops and career fairs, the center also will provide state-of-the-art technology for video interviews and online job searches.

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$1 million pledge jump-starts Wilkes-Barre Career Services Center

2/28/12

Plans are under way for a new Career Services Center at Penn State Wilkes-Barre that will provide students with comprehensive career planning and job seeking services. A major matching gift from Wilkes-Barre alumnus Richard K. "Ric" Struthers and his wife, Sharon, has jump-started the campus' fundraising effort to support the project.

The Struthers have pledged $1 million to Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Their gift will match 50 percent of the cost to build and furnish the new Career Services Center, up to a total commitment of $500,000. The remainder of their commitment will be split with $250,000 going to create the Struthers Family Trustee Scholarship supporting students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre with need. The additional $250,000 will go into an endowment by the Struthers Family, annually supporting the operational expenses of the new Career Services Center.

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Honor society students give almost 1,000 pounds of goods to soldiers

2/20/12

Members of the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Honor Society have completed their second drive for troops serving overseas. The local honor students recently delivered nearly a thousand pounds of goods ranging from personal grooming products to microwave popcorn, instant hot chocolate, powdered drinks, stationery and envelopes and other items to Give2theTroops in Fairfield, Conn.

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DeGraba wins Irene Thomas Memorial Award

2/20/12

Gianna DeGraba, a sophomore at Penn State Wilkes-Barre from Dallas Pa., was the recent recipient of the Irene Thomas Memorial Award. This award is sponsored by Arts at Hayfield -- a nonprofit, community-arts support organization housed on campus -- and is given to an academically accomplished student who has demonstrated commitment to the arts.

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Penn State Wilkes-Barre scholarship donors and recipients honored

10/20/11

On Thursday, Oct. 13, Penn State Wilkes-Barre honored 106 students who were awarded scholarships for the 2011-12 school year at the annual Scholarship Dinner held at Appletree Terrace. This year, Penn State Wilkes-Barre awarded 265 students approximately $730,000 in scholarships.