Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Penn State is the winner of two 2011 Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) awards for online teaching and learning. The Excellence in Institution-Wide Online Education Award honors Penn State's World Campus, and the Outstanding Achievement in Online Education by an Individual recognizes Wayne Smutz, executive director of Penn State World Campus and associate vice president for Academic Outreach. Penn State is the only institution receiving two awards. (more)
Penn State announced today that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has accepted its online master's degree in Human Resources and Employment Relations (HRER) as among the blended learning and online programs that align with the society's HR Curriculum Guidebook and Templates. Penn State's Master of Professional Studies in Human Resources and Employment Relations offers four areas of concentration: staffing, training and development; labor and collective bargaining; employment and labor law; and benefits and compensation. All four options were approved by SHRM. (more)
Penn State will join the U.S. Coast Guard's new Maritime Law Enforcement College Partnership Program to help educate and train maritime law enforcement personnel. Penn State, one of only 10 colleges and universities invited to participate in this program, will offer the Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society degree online through World Campus. The program begins in April. (more)
Renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud had one and now so do Penn State psychology students -- a psychology club, that is. However, unlike Freud's weekly gatherings at his apartment, Penn State's Psychology Club only meets online. (more)
The Christmas day attempt to blow up a commercial airplane over Detroit with an "underwear bomb" punctuated the importance of homeland security. As the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies look to hire workers for occupations in security and protection, medicine, public health and information technology, they also face the challenge of an aging workforce. About one-third of federal career employees and more than 60 percent of government career executives will be eligible to retire between now and 2012, according to a Government Accountability Office report. To help prepare workers to fill existing and new jobs in homeland security, Penn State is launching an online Intercollege Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security program this fall. For application information, visit http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/securitydegree/ online. (more)
A new Web site makes accessing Penn State's education and training programs easier for individuals and organizations in central Pennsylvania. Penn State Continuing Education at University Park's (CEUP) site brings together in a single easy-to-navigate location everything prospective students need to find a program and register for a course, as well as solutions for organizations seeking training programs for their employees. For more information, go to http://ceup.psu.edu/ (more)
The federal government expects to hire as many as 273,000 new workers through 2012 to replace retiring baby boomers, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Many of the jobs in medical and public health, security and protection, compliance and enforcement, legal, and administration and program management will require advanced education. State and local governments will face similar challenges in an increasingly competitive labor market. Penn State's new online Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree is designed to enable more professionals in government and nonprofit organizations to acquire the knowledge and skills they need by learning online. For application information, click here: http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/MasterofPublicAdministration?CID=NEW27213 (more)
When hurricanes, wildfires or other disasters strike, emergency services personnel frequently turn to geographic information systems (GIS) to help coordinate their response. Since GIS is a relatively young and rapidly evolving technology, many users learn on the job. Thanks to Penn State's online GIS programs, practitioners can advance their knowledge, skills and careers without putting their lives on hold. The Sloan Consortium recently recognized the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Master of Geographic Information Systems program delivered through the World Campus as the 2009 Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program. (more)
Wayne D. Smutz, was recently appointed executive director of Penn State World Campus. World Campus became a reality in 1997 with only 47 students. Today, it boasts more than 9,600. Smutz sat down with Penn State Outreach to talk about the importance of online education at Penn State. (more)
Faculty and staff members from 17 higher education institutions are participating in the new Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning, sponsored by Penn State and the Sloan Consortium, an organization focused on online education. (more)
