Lourdes Mestre began her collegiate career at 17, but life circumstances led her to place her education on the back burner. “I always wanted to return to college; it was a goal that I knew I had to complete along my journey in life,” Mestre said. “I was just waiting for the right time.” Now,…
Penn State World Campus is now accepting applications for a new doctoral degree program in engineering that focuses on the practical implementation of engineering research and leadership in the field.
Military veterans, reservists, and active-duty service members applying for graduate degree programs at Penn State, including those offered online through Penn State World Campus, will receive a new discount on the application fee.
The Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing has been named a Center of Excellence (COE) by the National League for Nursing (NLN). The college achieved this recognition for “creating environments that promote the pedagogical expertise of faculty,” according to the league, exemplifying the college’s investment in its nurse educators and their professional…
YORK, Pa. — The ways Penn State World Campus supports student success and enrollment growth and how online education can help address emerging society and industry needs were among the topics discussed during the July 21 meeting of the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development, and Community Relations. Renata Engel, vice provost for Online…
“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…
