UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sean Collins wants his children to inherit a planet with a future, and that’s why he enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Energy and Sustainability Policy, a program offered exclusively online by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences through Penn State World Campus. He recently participated in a trip…
Penn State World Campus is offering a new online master’s degree program that focuses on public health. The Master of Public Health is a 42-credit program that aims to increase knowledge and skills in leadership, program management, public health systems, communication, and evidence-based public health. Students can learn how to employ critical thinking to create…
Penn State World Campus has been recognized as a top-5 school by Military Times, a media organization that serves the military community.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State ranks 31st among national public universities in U.S. News and World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” ranking for 2022–23, released September 12. Penn State is in the top 25 among American Association of Universities public institutions and ranks 77th overall among 443 institutions included in the “National Universities” ranking. Individual…
More than 32,000 people have earned their degrees online at Penn State since 1998, and there are another 15,000-plus taking their courses online with their own professional and personal goals they are striving to achieve. On September 15, National Online Learning Day, Penn State is recognizing its online learners and the employees who support them.…
More than 82,000 Americans remain missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. A Penn Stater has helped bring one of the missing home after a trip to Laos. The families of Prisoners of War (POWs) continue to search for missing loved ones and can seek help through…
In her customer-facing role at statistical software company Minitab, Penn State alumna Tamela Serensits saw an opportunity to solve a problem she kept seeing her customers encounter again and again.
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,…
