More than 1,200 Penn State World Campus students will graduate during the fall 2023 semester. With the final Class of 2023, there are now more than 37,000 all-time Penn State World Campus graduates. Students will receive their Penn State diplomas and graduate during Penn State’s commencement ceremonies on December 16. Each semester, Penn State World…
Penn State’s new master’s degree that focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning will see its first graduates when the University holds its fall commencement exercises on Saturday, December 16. The first graduates of the program, the Master of Professional Studies in Artificial Intelligence, are two professional engineers, Balsam Hindi and Jasper Short. The degree…
This fall, Penn State World Campus invited alumni in three cities to meet the vice provost for Online Education, Renata Engel, and celebrate its 25th anniversary.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tim Kluska has had a successful career since graduating with a degree in finance from Penn State World Campus in 2018. After working at investment firm Vanguard for five years, he left his position to pursue a master of business administration at the Harvard Business School. He also received Chartered Financial…
A Penn State World Campus scholarship program designed to help students successfully navigate their first year learning online is one of the beneficiaries of this year’s University-wide GivingTuesday fundraising drive.
When Hannah Silverman was studying homeland security, she analyzed port security and medical evacuations during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2013. The work for her capstone project ended up taking her to Washington, D.C. As an active-duty officer in the Coast Guard, the topic of her capstone was personal. She wanted to keep…
Penn State World Campus is partnering with the United Service Organizations (USO) to help service members who are transitioning to civilian life and may be interested in furthering their education. Through the partnership, Penn State World Campus will participate in two events in 2024 in which the USO community can learn more about the undergraduate…
A distinguished professor of education who teaches online with Penn State World Campus has been inducted into a hall of fame that recognizes the contributions of those in the field of adult and continuing education. William J. Rothwell, who is on the faculty of workforce education and development in the Penn State College of Education,…
Melissa Lopez has a passion for protecting the Earth. She wanted to turn this passion into a career, but as a working parent, she had to temporarily put her goal on hold. When she learned about the Bachelor of Science in Energy and Sustainability Policy offered online through Penn State World Campus, she decided it…
Penn State World Campus has again been recognized as a top-5 institution for online learning for military service members and veterans. Military Times ranked Penn State World Campus No. 4 in the Primarily Online Education Category of the 2023 “Best for Vets: Colleges” list. Last year, World Campus was ranked No. 5 in that category.…
