A weeklong residency program helped prepare 82 students in the newly redesigned Penn State Online MBA Program, which is now led by the Smeal College of Business, for the academic journey that lies ahead of them.
From August 15–September 30, the Penn State Great Valley Alumni Society will collect professional men's and women's clothing and accessories. Donations will benefit Career Wardrobe, a local nonprofit that uses clothing and professional development to empower unemployed individuals to work.
Penn State Great Valley will launch two noncredit professional development courses in January: Content Marketing and Measuring Marketing Success. Designed for beginners and experienced professionals, the courses will help students create and evaluate a tactical and relevant marketing campaign.
Mohamad Darayi, assistant professor of systems engineering, joins Penn State Great Valley’s engineering division from the University of Oklahoma. This fall, he will teach Decision and Risk Analysis in Engineering and Deterministic Modeling and Simulation.
Leadership development instructor Marc Hanlan draws on past experiences — including flying planes upside down and designing the international space station — to encourage discussion and ignite change in his classroom. He encourages his adult students to do the same.
Working as a staff accountant, Erik Bullock dreamed of being an investment banker. Through Penn State Great Valley's online Master of Finance program, he improved his mathematical and analytical skills — and landed an investment banking job in Los Angeles.
Whether you’re simply familiar with classic hits or you’ve memorized the lyrics to every deep track, anyone can come out and enjoy Warren Oree and The Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble’s workshop and performance Sept. 28 at Penn State Great Valley.
A robot recently arrived at Penn State Great Valley. While it didn’t stroll in of its own accord, it made it to Great Valley in a much more impressive way: It was built by high school students on the Lansdale Catholic robotics team, the CyberCrusaders.
As Great Valley board member Dallas Krapf celebrates his company's 75 anniversary this year, he reflects on the importance of investing in employees. His organization, Krapf School Bus, was the presenting sponsor at this year's student scholarship fundraiser.
After over 40 combined years of work, Millie Ingersoll and Donna Carotenuto will retire from Penn State Great Valley at the end of June. Both are members of the enrollment management and student services department, and will miss the friendship and humor of their colleagues.
