Penn State Wilkes-Barre

	Penn State Wilkes-Barre Penn State Wilkes-Barre is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Lehman Township, Pennsylvania. History In May 1915, two Penn State graduates, reacting to the needs of the local anthracite mining industry, proposed the development of a Penn State engineering center in Wilkes-Barre. "King Coal" reigned supreme at that time in the Wyoming Valley and engineers were needed to improve mining methods and worker safety. The response from local citizens and civic organizations was overwhelming, and on November 7, 1916, the Penn State Department of Engineering Extension began offering evening classes for 150 students in what is now Coughlin High School. The new Penn State Department of Engineering Extension offered courses in advanced mathematics, surveying, reinforced concrete and mechanics. The campus began offering three-year certificates in mechanical, electrical, civil, and mining engineering by 1923; three-year courses in aeronautical and textile engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Francis Augustus Nelson Francis Augustus Nelson (1878–1950) was an American architect from Montclair, New Jersey. Early life and education Francis A. Nelson was born on February 2, 1878, at Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Dr. Henry Clay Nelson, a US Navy surgeon. In 1893, the year his father died, Nelson was boarding at St. Paul's School (New Hampshire), St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire. On June 5, 1900, he married Helen Ackerman at the Memorial Presbyterian Church, Park Slope, Brooklyn, and on June 10, he graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. In 1903, Nelson won a McKim Fellowship of $900, administered by Columbia University, for travel abroad. Career Beginning about 1905, Nelson taught architectural design at Columbia University, remaining on the faculty until at least 1917. During the same period, he practiced architecture in partnership with Hubert Van Wagenen, a Columbia graduate of the class of 1899. The partnership ended with Wagenen's death in 1915 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Neeli Bendapudi Neeli Bendapudi is an American academic administrator who is the 19th president of the Pennsylvania State University. From 2018 until 2021, she served as the 18th president of the University of Louisville. In December 2021, the Pennsylvania State University announced that it had named Bendapudi as its next president, to succeed Eric J. Barron upon his retirement. She assumed office in May 2022 and is the first woman and the first non-white person to serve as Penn State's president. Early life and education Bendapudi was born in India and attended Andhra University, where she earned her undergraduate and master's degrees. She moved to the United States to attend graduate school at the University of Kansas, where she earned her Ph.D. in marketing. Career Bendapudi held teaching posts at both Ohio State University and Texas A&M University before returning to the University of Kansas to serve as the dean of the University of Kansas School of Business. From July 1, 2016, until her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Northern Tier (Pennsylvania) The Northern Tier is a geographic region consisting of five rural counties in north-central Pennsylvania. Geography The region is bordered to the north by the Southern Tier of New York state. Together, these regions are known as the Twin Tiers. The counties and important towns in the Northern Tier are: Bradford Athens * Sayre ** Towanda * Sullivan Dushore Laporte * Susquehanna Forest City Montrose ** New Milford * Tioga Mansfield Wellsboro Wyoming * Tunkhannock The region is bounded to the north by the Southern Tier of New York, to the west by Northern Pennsylvania, and to the east by Northeastern Pennsylvania. Population The five Northern Tier counties are home to roughly 180,000 people distributed among many small towns and the countryside. The largest town is Sayre which is located on the left-east bank of the North Branch Susquehanna River and is on Interstate 86 where it dips just south of the New York state line. Transportation U.S. Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	USCAA Member Institutions The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 national championships and 2 national invitationals annually. History In , the USCAA was founded as the National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA), primarily to sponsor a national basketball tournament for small colleges and junior colleges. In the 1970s and through the 1980s, as the NLCAA, the USCAA began adding more sports. In 1989, the NLCAA changed its name to the National Small College Athletic Association (NSCAA). In 2001, the USCAA adopted its current name. Membership Sports The USCAA sanctions competition in eight men's and seven women's sports: Post–season national championships are held in all sports except football, which has few participating teams. Fall Men's football Men's and women's golf * Men's and wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Universities And Colleges In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: Being a high degree-awarding institute. Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pennsylvania State University Colleges Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's subsequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Educational Institutions Established In 1916 Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Daily American (Pennsylvania Newspaper) The ''Daily American'' is a local, daily newspaper providing coverage of county-wide news and sports in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. History The first daily newspaper in Somerset, the ''Somerset Daily Herald'' made its first appearance on July 1, 1929 with the headline, "'Polish John pleads today." Initially distributed to 300 subscribers, the publication began under the leadership of Henry Baker Reiley, following his acquisition of the semiweekly ''Somerset Herald'', and was eventually renamed as the ''Daily American.'' The family business - Somerset Newspapers Inc., which included the ''Daily American'' and the ''Somerset County Shopper'' (now known as ''Somerset County Direct'') - was sold by Reiley's grandson in 1997 to Schurz Communications Inc. of South Bend, Indiana. In 2006, the newspaper opened an office in Johnstown for the start of the ''Our Town'' weekly newspaper. It is an information company providing newspapers, websites, books, maps, brochures and place mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference The Penn State University Athletic Conference is a member conference of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. It comprises 14 of the Commonwealth Campuses of Pennsylvania State University. History The PSUAC joined the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) since the 2008–09 academic year. Member schools Current members ;Notes: Sports See also * Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference * Yankee Small College Conference * Community college A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior sec ... External links Official website {{authority control Pennsylvania State University College sports conferences in the United States College sports in Pennsylvania + United States Collegiate Athletic Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	United States Collegiate Athletic Association The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States. The USCAA holds 15 national championships and 2 national invitationals annually. History In , the USCAA was founded as the National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA), primarily to sponsor a national basketball tournament for small colleges and junior colleges. In the 1970s and through the 1980s, as the NLCAA, the USCAA began adding more sports. In 1989, the NLCAA changed its name to the National Small College Athletic Association (NSCAA). In 2001, the USCAA adopted its current name. Membership Sports The USCAA sanctions competition in eight men's and seven women's sports: Post–season national championships are held in all sports except football, which has few participating teams. Fall Men's football Men's and women's golf * Men's and wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Northeastern Pennsylvania Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Carbondale. A portion of this region constitutes a part of the New York City metropolitan area. Unlike most parts of the Rust Belt, some of these communities are experiencing a modest population increase, and others, including Monroe and Pike counties, rank among the fastest growing areas of Pennsylvania. Northeastern Pennsylvania borders the Lehigh Valley to its south, Warren County, New Jersey to its east, and Broome County, New York to its north. Area Northeastern Pennsylvania comprises Bradford County, Carbon County, Columbia County, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Monroe County, Montour County, Northumberland County, Pike County, Schuylkill County, Sullivan County, Susquehanna County, Wayne County, and Wyoming County. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Sullivan County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,840, making it the second-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Laporte. The county was created on March 15, 1847, from part of Lycoming County and named for Major General John Sullivan History The land which became Sullivan County was originally purchased from the Iroquois by the Province of Pennsylvania in 1768, as part of the first Treaty of Fort Stanwix. It was then part of Northumberland County, then became part of Lycoming County when it was formed in 1795. Sullivan County itself was formed from the northeastern part of Lycoming County on March 15, 1847. It was the thirteenth and last county formed at least partly from Lycoming County (and the fifth entirely formed from it). Sullivan County was named for Pennsylvania state senator Charles C. Sullivan, who "took an active part in procuring passage of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]