When Joshua Celis finished his MBA online through Penn State in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had forced the University to hold virtual ceremonies for graduates. In the past two years since his graduation, Celis has been promoted to a sergeant major in the Marine Corps, where he has been serving for the past 22 years,…
Bonnie Lim was set to graduate in 2008 with an associate degree that she had worked so hard to get. Two days before that commencement ceremony at a community college near home in the San Francisco area, however, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and her difficulty walking, skewed vision, and vertigo kept her from…
Penn State faculty members who teach or lead online degree programs for Penn State World Campus have been recognized by the University with awards for their work this academic year. At Penn State, professors and other faculty who teach online for Penn State World Campus also teach classes at the University Park campus or other…
Outreach and Online Education, Penn State World Campus’s University home, surpassed its $43,000,000 Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence campaign goal.
A Penn State World Campus student is set to compete on the world’s stage this summer when he represents Team USA in China. Joshua Liu is a business student, active U.S. Army soldier, and Taekwondo champion who will participate in the Summer World University Games. Liu started competing in Taekwondo at age 10 before winning his…
Penn State graduate Abiodun Awoyemi is putting his degree to work to improve Nigeria’s emergency management systems in an effort to make his home country safer. The 37-year-old Lagos, Nigeria, native credits his confidence and skills to the public health preparedness education he received through Penn State World Campus. “Without that program, I honestly would…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An online bachelor’s degree program at Penn State has adopted free, open-source materials for its courses to help students save on their college costs. The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Management is the first degree program offered online at Penn State to exclusively use cost-free open-education resources, or OER, in its core…
A Penn Stater put her studies to use — not once, but twice — to help the University mitigate the spread of infectious diseases on campus to the community. Shelley Haffner first used her knowledge in public health preparedness to improve the infectious hazards response planning for the University’s Student Health Center in 2015, when…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A schedule and registration portal are now available for Penn State’s Class of 2020 Commencement Celebration Weekend that will take place April 29 to May 1. The weekend will feature commencement ceremonies on April 30 along with other activities to provide a special opportunity for the Class of 2020 and their parents,…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Alumni Association members will soon find it easier to engage with the University in their local communities, after a change to how they access local chapters takes effect later this year. Alumni Association CEO Paul Clifford previewed the change for the Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development, and…
