Abby Culora was nearing the end of her Air Force commitment as an Air Battle Manager and had to decide if she wanted to continue her service or explore a career outside of the military. Culora decided to pursue a Master of Business Administration, applying to Penn State World Campus but missing the deadline for…
A few years ago, Samira Gendy was homeless, and attending college was not part of her plan. For Dan Bershefsky, raising three children and working full-time presented challenges in achieving his goal of earning a college degree. The two Penn State World Campus students received scholarships from external organizations to aid in their academic journeys.…
The Army has honored twelve recent Penn State World Campus graduates for completing a special fellowship program that allowed them each to earn a master’s degree to be able to teach the next generation of military leaders. The graduates are Army Sergeants Major who were stationed at the Sergeants Major Academy in Fort Bliss, Texas,…
With the record-breaking success of “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence,” which raised $2.2 billion from 2016 to 2022, philanthropy is helping to sustain the University’s tradition of education, research, and service to communities across the commonwealth and around the globe.
Penn State has made a major change to the application process for its highly ranked online MBA. Applicants are no longer required to submit either their GRE or GMAT test score when applying to the Penn State Online MBA, which is led by the internationally ranked Penn State Smeal College of Business and offered online…
Nearly 1,000 online learners will become Penn State graduates when the University holds its summer 2022 commencement exercises this Saturday, August 13. The number of Penn State World Campus students expected to graduate is 951. The group consists of students graduating with degrees from 88 different graduate and undergraduate degree programs offered online. Here is…
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…
