Today’s engineers need to be equipped to meet the ever-changing demands of a modern society and to understand how to innovate and better streamline processes. In order to meet these needs, Penn State will offer a new online degree beginning in fall 2019 to meet these requirements: master of engineering in industrial engineering.
Learning Design Summer Camp is the annual, informal gathering of Penn State's learning design community. This year's event is slated to take place July 23 in Chambers Building. Event organizers are accepting proposals for presentations now.
Melina Czymoniewicz-Klippel, assistant teaching professor of biobehavioral health, is a recipient of a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Her project will involve analysis of online written assignments of students, to examine the impact of immersive experiences on student engagement and learning.
The College of Health and Human Development announced recipients of its 2018 Faculty and Staff Awards. A reception honoring the awardees was held Nov. 14 in the Bennett Pierce Living Center in Henderson Building at Penn State University Park.
Applications are being accepted for a new 30-credit master of professional studies in strategic communications degree being offered exclusively online by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications through Penn State World Campus. Courses will begin in fall 2018.
Amid a successful 30-year career in information technology, David Hozza’s Penn State journey began when he dropped off his daughter, Caroline, for her freshman year at University Park in 2010.
Chase Kelly, a United States Navy veteran and graduating senior in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, thought attending Penn State World Campus meant that although he’d have the flexibility of an online education, he’d be missing out on the social interactions of a resident program. But as he approached his graduation, he says he got the best of both worlds.
In response to increased industry demand for experts in the growing field of additive manufacturing, Penn State will offer residential and online master’s degrees in additive manufacturing and design beginning in fall 2017.
For adult learners, a study abroad component can pose unique challenges. But adult learners — many with full-time jobs, families or both — have found ways to successfully juggle the tasks to make studying abroad a reality.
Sheryl WuDunn, the first Asian-American journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize, will speak at 6:30 p.m. March 20, in Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center.
Maria Hanna will graduate on Saturday with an MBA through the Penn State World Campus iMBA program knowing the lessons she first learned as she and her family fled war-torn El Salvador helped set the foundation for every challenge she faced in life.
Penn State's commitment to military/veteran students is evident through the variety of programs available to current and former service members at the campuses and through World Campus, and has earned many top rankings. This year Penn State will host the third annual meeting of the Big Ten’s Committee for Institutional Cooperation's (CIC) Military and Veterans Services Peer Group to share best practices.
Penn State has created the EdTech Network to advance the educational technology sector in State College, attract entrepreneurs and develop relationships with companies by providing opportunities for collaboration with faculty, staff and students. The EdTech Network is part of President Eric Barron’s $30 million Invent Penn State initiative. The EdTech Network will host a summit at the University Park campus Nov. 2–4. Companies, investors, alumni, entrepreneurial students and faculty who specialize in educational technology will be invited to attend.
The Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has developed a partnership with Chulalongkorn University in Thailand to collaborate on academic projects, joint research efforts and faculty exchanges.
Spring 2015 commencement was a special occasion for Natalie Keil and her mother, Leslyn, both of whom received degrees from Penn State's College of Nursing.
