“Never give up.” Those are the driving words that motivated Chris Cope, an alumnus who has blended his education from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology and the College of the Liberal Arts and Penn State World Campus to bring his career full circle. Inspired by his older brother, a police chief…
When Tanya Near, an information technology manager in the Navy, decided to go back to school as a military student, a university’s academic reputation was her top priority. Near could have chosen a university whose tuition rates were set to zero out the costs after the military’s Tuition Assistance Program benefits were applied. However, she…
A young adult working in the health care field, Abigail Bauer, of Allentown, hadn’t considered she would ever be the one sitting in the patient chair. Beginning her college journey at Penn State Berks, a long-standing tradition in her family, Bauer chose to pursue her bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders. And although she…
The Penn State World Campus chapter of the student organization Phi Delta Phi has been ranked No. 1 in the world for the fourth year in a row. The legal honor society received the Phi Delta Phi International Hall of the Year award, a recognition judged by the group’s dedication to promoting ethics and professionalism,…
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer who is a Penn State World Campus student has received this year’s Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the geospatial intelligence community. Capt. Michelle Kokoski is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, where she is a company commander. In a previous assignment at Fort…
After a hurricane devastated the island of St. Maarten while Jeffrey Hanley was on tour with the U.S. State Department, he knew he wanted additional skills and knowledge to better serve those around him. Now a Master of Business Administration graduate, Hanley has applied the skills he learned in the Penn State online MBA to…
Penn State World Campus has received an award from Google Cloud for the artificial intelligence–powered virtual assistant that was developed to help the academic advising office more efficiently respond to questions from its online learners and prospective students. Penn State World Campus implemented the virtual assistant in 2020 as a better way for its team…
A faculty member in Penn State’s online program in organization development will receive a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to the organization development field. William J. Rothwell serves as a faculty leader of the Master of Professional Studies in Organization Development and Change program offered online through Penn State World Campus. The Organization Development…
Penn State World Campus is offering two new graduate certificates in its business portfolio of online programs. The new certificates are in supply chain risk management and real estate law and valuation. The certificates are offered online through Penn State World Campus in partnership with the internationally ranked and AACSB–accredited Penn State Smeal College of…
Professional cyclist Mandy Marquardt can pursue her passion of qualifying for the Olympics while getting her Master of Business Administration, thanks to the flexibility of getting her degree online. Marquardt is a professional track sprint cyclist and a 22-time U.S. National Champion, racing for Team Novo Nordisk and the USA Cycling National Team. Team Novo…
