The World Campus Alumni Ambassador program is a volunteer program for graduates of Penn State World Campus. Ambassadors are assigned prospective students to contact each week—and through this connection, prospective students have the opportunity to gain a student’s perspective and ask specific academic program-related questions. Over the next week or two, we will be spotlighting…
The World Campus Alumni Ambassador program is a volunteer program for graduates of Penn State World Campus. Ambassadors are assigned prospective students to contact each week—and through this connection, prospective students have the opportunity to gain a student’s perspective and ask specific academic program-related questions. Over the next week or two, we will be spotlighting…
Penn State World Campus graduate Venancio Ybarra Jr. is a community college instructor who wanted to further his career while receiving a rich student experience. Studying from Houston, TX, Venancio stayed active in his family’s life and the Penn State student community at the same time, by attending online and in-person World Campus student events,…
Discussion boards are part of the fun of being a World Campus student, because they let you expand your education by hearing the perspectives of other students. In my video blog, I’ll discuss how I use discussion boards — ground rules, citations, and more — respecting others’ opinions, and checking with professors before posting on…
Microsoft Word 2010 is a good program for writing all our papers. It is a powerful program, but I will be covering only the basics. With the basics, you should be able to complete a paper. MS Word helps you to create, edit and revise documents. When you click and open the program a document…
Job seeking has been very difficult recently, and it’s easy to get discouraged after sending out innumerous resumes and replying to endless job posts. If the high and seemingly unrelenting unemployment levels over the last few years makes it hard for you to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I have a…
Sabrina and Judge Worsham turned their lives around with help from Penn State World Campus. After experiencing significant hardships, Sabrina and Judge began to pursue degrees through World Campus while living in Austin, TX. Now, backed by her Penn State education, Sabrina has the career she wanted and is able to support her family. Watch…
The votes are in, and the results have been tallied for the summer 2013 “Share a Piece of Your World (Campus)” photo event! And the top-voted photos are… Family and Pets Third place: Zunair Fayaz (My daughter Zenith enjoying her pool this summer.) and Faiza Mohid (My 2-year-old son Raem. He was modelling for his…
Three World Campus students recently gained insight into the experience of going to law school by participating in a program offered each year at Penn State University Park. The students attended Penn State’s Explore Law, a week-long program hosted by Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law that explores the study of law, analysis lawyers use…
We received an overwhelming number of submissions in our “Share a Piece of Your World (Campus)” photo event. Now let the voting begin! Voting will remain open between Monday, June 17 and Friday, June 28. Each category is broken up into a separate blog post, so be sure to visit each post to vote for…
