Alumni News
Penn State World Campus is now accepting applications for a new doctoral degree program in education that focuses on helping students to influence and shape the future of education. The Doctor of Education (D.Ed.) can be completed in as few as 36 credits. This program aims to prepare those who want to work in leadership…
More than 1,500 Penn State World Campus students will become Penn State graduates during the University’s spring commencement ceremonies on the weekend of May 5–7. A total of 1,524 students represent the spring graduates of the Class of 2023. With this group of graduating students, the number of all-time World Campus graduates now exceeds 35,000.…
They decided to go back to college online together, they leaned on each other for support, and now they will graduate together. Husband and wife Sylvester Fernandez de Castro and Marian Viera Fuentes spent the past two years encouraging one another to get to graduation day as they balanced work, being locked down during the…
Penn State faculty members who teach online for Penn State World Campus have been recognized by the University with a variety of awards for their work this academic year. At Penn State, faculty who teach online courses for Penn State World Campus also teach classes at the University Park campus or other campuses across Pennsylvania.…
The Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction course work has opened up new ways for Jeni Kocher Zerphy, a K–5 gifted support teacher, to connect with her students. She often finds herself sharing what she is learning about with her students. “I know I can take whatever I learn from studying and apply it…
As the importance of data operations continues to grow, professionals who are fluent in data analytics are more and more in demand. Positions in the data analysis field are expected to grow 36% between 2021 and 2031, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. To help meet that need, Penn State World Campus…
A web version of the Penn State Go mobile app is being made available to Penn State World Campus students starting April 17. The Penn State Go Web version provides a single sign-on integration to services, resources, and personalized content in one convenient place through a web browser on a laptop or desktop computer. The…
More than 100 Penn State World Campus students were recipients of this year’s University awards that recognized them for their outstanding academic achievement. At the undergraduate level, a total of 107 World Campus students received the President Sparks Award, the President Walker Award, or the Evan Pugh Scholar Award. A graduate student received the Professional…
Engineering has traditionally been a male-dominated field, but women are increasingly breaking through barriers and making their mark in this industry. Despite facing numerous challenges, more and more women are pursuing degrees in engineering and demonstrating their talent and expertise in a range of disciplines. According to the U.S. Census, the percentage of engineers who…
In Renee Dorer’s job with a jet engine manufacturing company, her work involved modeling fire in combustors, a problem that involves both thermodynamics and turbulent air flow. She decided to learn more about air flows in her online master’s degree program in engineering, and she took a course in fluid dynamics to increase her knowledge…