Thirty-one outstanding adult students from the area were inducted into the Penn State York Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda during ceremonies on Thursday, May 3, in the Community Room of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center. Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society that recognizes the unique achievements demonstrated by adult students in higher education programs. Students inducted into the organization must have a grade-point average of 3.2 or higher. (more)
They came of age in three different decades. They joined three different branches of the military. They enrolled in three different academic programs. They have a lot in common.
Nathan Hand, Amber Thompson and Matt Knapp are veterans, and they are students at Penn State New Kensington. They are a part of a rapidly-expanding group that is utilizing post-military benefits to begin career changes that can lead to additional employment opportunities. (more)
Discover all that Penn State York has to offer during the spring open house set for Saturday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the campus. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Participants will meet faculty, staff and students, tour the campus and discover more about Penn State York. The open house is free and open to the public; registration is strongly encouraged but not required. (more)
Penn State, The Lancaster Center is holding an information session for teachers and others in the education field interested in learning more about the Director's Credential, Early Childhood Education Certificate (ECE), and the master of education in teaching and curriculum, to be offered through Penn State York in Lancaster County. The information session is set for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at The Lancaster Center, 1383 Arcadia Road (Farm and Home Center), Lancaster, Pa. The event is free and open to the public. (more)
Teachers and others in the education field can learn more about the 30-credit master of education in teaching and curriculum degree offered at Penn State York during two information sessions from 5 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, and Tuesday, April 3. The sessions will take place in the conference center of Main Classroom Building at Penn State York. (more)
Penn State York, in partnership with the Southern York County Branch YMCA, is holding two adult learner information sessions to explore community interest in the campus offering credit courses and professional development programming at the YMCA. The information sessions will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, at the Southern York County Branch of the YMCA, 100 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, Pa., 17361. (more)
Penn State World Campus, Continuing Education, Student Affairs and Undergraduate Admissions are hosting an employee information session on the employee tuition discount and other college-related subjects from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Rooms 129A, B and C in the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus.
During this free session, University Park campus employees who are eligible for the University's tuition benefit, as well as their family members, are invited to stop by to talk with staff members from the sponsoring units about how they can use their education benefit. (more)
Students enrolled in the iMBA program at Penn State's World Campus scored in the top 3 percent on the most recent Educational Testing Service (ETS) Master of Business Administration (MBA) Major Field Test, a comprehensive national assessment for program evaluation. (more)
Demand for medical and clinical laboratory technicians -- the professionals who help detect, diagnose and treat disease -- is outpacing supply because of increased medical testing and retirements in the profession. As a result, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment will grow 16 percent through 2018. To help meet this demand in central Pennsylvania, the Penn State Lewistown Center is launching a two-year medical laboratory technology (MLT) program in fall 2012. (more)
