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…
Penn State will once again be represented on the world stage as top athletes and coaches as the 2022 Beijing Olympics open. Four participants with Penn State ties will represent two countries in the Winter Games. For exclusive content and information on Penn State’s Olympians, visit GoPSUsports.com’s Olympics website. The opening ceremonies for the 2022…
A Penn State World Campus student has been awarded a Penn State scholarship that recognizes students for their service to the African American community. Sarah Estime, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Finance, is one of the recipients of the 2022 Fannie Lou Hamer and W.E.B. DuBois Service Scholarship. Breiuana White, a student at…
The Career Services team at Penn State World Campus has created a new series of videos that share career and job search advice from someone whose role involves assisting dozens of small businesses in a wide range of human resources areas, including the hiring process. The collection includes five brief videos — each less than…
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Holly Swires, a recent Penn State World Campus graduate who is the chief privacy officer and assistant chief information security officer at the University, formed her interest in information security and privacy later in her career. Swires earned a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Penn State in 2005 and gained experience…
Penn State World Campus has been included in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings. The annual rankings, which were released January 25, placed Penn State World Campus on lists for graduate degree programs, including engineering, business, education, and information technology; bachelor’s degree programs; and the best programs for veterans. Here are the full…
A Penn State World Campus student has received the David A. Long, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship from Water Works Operators’ Association of Pennsylvania.
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program at Penn State has achieved 7-year re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
Every summer, there are reports of sharks lurking off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Karen Dedinsky, a graduate student at Penn State, was wondering if she could use publicly available data about the sharks to predict where they might show up. She took on that project, creating statistical models and geographic visualizations for the…
More than 700 students have completed the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice program through Penn State World Campus since it was first offered 15 years ago. Online education was still relatively new when the program began in 2006, and not everyone was sure that taking the program online made sense, said Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished…
