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Penn State Williamsport Center project expands education opportunities

5/23/13

Bringing a Penn State education close to home for adults in the Williamsport area is the goal of the Penn State Williamsport Center’s new community awareness initiative. The center is partnering with area organizations to increase awareness of and access to Penn State education programs.

Cadet Benjamin Sauter with retired Col. Larry Erdley

Penn College cadets honored with ROTC awards

5/17/13

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students and an administrator were among those honored during the recent Bucknell University Bison Battalion Army ROTC awards banquet.

Andy Dessel

Penn State Harrisburg student represents University at national level

5/15/13

Representing thousands of peers is no easy job. Just ask Andy Dessel, of Chambersburg, Pa., a senior public policy major and communications minor at Penn State Harrisburg. Dessel was selected to participate in the 2012-13 Presidential Fellows Program – a position open to only one student throughout Penn State each year. And though it was a tough job with deadlines, heavy workloads, and personal responsibility, Dessel stressed that the program’s benefits made it well worth the effort.

Lloyd Huck

Inaugural Huck Fellowships awarded

5/14/13

This year marks the inaugural awarding of the J. Lloyd Huck Fellowship to four promising young students – Megan Kepler, Lucilla Pizzo Suarez, Sam Jones and Zhi Chai – who will arrive at University Park in the fall of 2013.

Tool scholarships at Penn College

National tool scholarships awarded to two Penn College students

5/13/13

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students are among 54 of America’s top construction-equipment majors to receive tool scholarships from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Scholarships of $1,000 were awarded to Derek S. Black, of Trout Run, and Thomas M. DiGeronimo, of Verona, N.J.

Panel picks BIMmaculate Conception as winning team at Stuckeman event

5/9/13

The Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Penn State recently hosted the fifth-year design review and panel discussion, “BIM Scaled to Fit." Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) are quickly reshaping the working methodologies of design firms where students will end up after graduation. They are also challenging the traditional means of teaching design to future architects, landscape architects and engineers.

Lizabeth Zlatkus delivered the spring 2013 commencement speech at the Smeal College of Business ceremony on May 5

Smeal commencement speaker urges students to work with integrity

5/9/13

More than 1,100 students received their baccalaureate degrees at the Penn State Smeal College of Business commencement ceremony May 5. Commencement speaker Lizabeth Zlatkus, retired executive vice president and chief risk officer at The Hartford, spoke about seizing career opportunities and learning to love what you choose to do.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Juliana Mercer is shown on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

World Campus military and veteran student enrollment continues to rise

5/9/13

The flexibility of online education is ideal for many adults who want to learn when and where it's convenient to them, and especially beneficial to active-duty military service members deployed in a war zone or where Internet access is limited. Since Penn State's World Campus launched 15 years ago, enrollment by active-duty military service members and veterans has grown steadily -- and more than 120 percent in the last four years.

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Penn State Williamsport Center project expands education opportunities

5/23/13

Bringing a Penn State education close to home for adults in the Williamsport area is the goal of the Penn State Williamsport Center’s new community awareness initiative. The center is partnering with area organizations to increase awareness of and access to Penn State education programs.

Cadet Benjamin Sauter with retired Col. Larry Erdley

Penn College cadets honored with ROTC awards

5/17/13

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students and an administrator were among those honored during the recent Bucknell University Bison Battalion Army ROTC awards banquet.

Andy Dessel

Penn State Harrisburg student represents University at national level

5/15/13

Representing thousands of peers is no easy job. Just ask Andy Dessel, of Chambersburg, Pa., a senior public policy major and communications minor at Penn State Harrisburg. Dessel was selected to participate in the 2012-13 Presidential Fellows Program – a position open to only one student throughout Penn State each year. And though it was a tough job with deadlines, heavy workloads, and personal responsibility, Dessel stressed that the program’s benefits made it well worth the effort.

Lloyd Huck

Inaugural Huck Fellowships awarded

5/14/13

This year marks the inaugural awarding of the J. Lloyd Huck Fellowship to four promising young students – Megan Kepler, Lucilla Pizzo Suarez, Sam Jones and Zhi Chai – who will arrive at University Park in the fall of 2013.

Tool scholarships at Penn College

National tool scholarships awarded to two Penn College students

5/13/13

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students are among 54 of America’s top construction-equipment majors to receive tool scholarships from the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. Scholarships of $1,000 were awarded to Derek S. Black, of Trout Run, and Thomas M. DiGeronimo, of Verona, N.J.

Panel picks BIMmaculate Conception as winning team at Stuckeman event

5/9/13

The Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Penn State recently hosted the fifth-year design review and panel discussion, “BIM Scaled to Fit." Integrated project delivery (IPD) and building information modeling (BIM) are quickly reshaping the working methodologies of design firms where students will end up after graduation. They are also challenging the traditional means of teaching design to future architects, landscape architects and engineers.

Lizabeth Zlatkus delivered the spring 2013 commencement speech at the Smeal College of Business ceremony on May 5

Smeal commencement speaker urges students to work with integrity

5/9/13

More than 1,100 students received their baccalaureate degrees at the Penn State Smeal College of Business commencement ceremony May 5. Commencement speaker Lizabeth Zlatkus, retired executive vice president and chief risk officer at The Hartford, spoke about seizing career opportunities and learning to love what you choose to do.

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Juliana Mercer is shown on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

World Campus military and veteran student enrollment continues to rise

5/9/13

The flexibility of online education is ideal for many adults who want to learn when and where it's convenient to them, and especially beneficial to active-duty military service members deployed in a war zone or where Internet access is limited. Since Penn State's World Campus launched 15 years ago, enrollment by active-duty military service members and veterans has grown steadily -- and more than 120 percent in the last four years.