Design Student Lauren Henderson Shares Her Online Learning Advice
As a military spouse and working student, Lauren Henderson has a lot to manage. Read below to get her advice on how best to manage her visual arts course work, connect with fellow students and create relationships with faculty.
Which Penn State Degree Is Right for You?
If you’re thinking about going back to school and aren’t sure where to start, consider some of these pointers as you think about how advancing your education can help you meet your career goals.
Office 365: Guide to the Teams App
Teams is a collaboration platform within Office 365 that lets you chat, meet, and share and edit files all within one central workspace. It provides a chat space for colleagues and classmates to share and discuss ideas. Teams can also bring in documents or projects from other Office 365 applications to be viewed and discussed.…
Office 365: Guide to the Forms App
Forms is a web-only app in Office 365 that you can use to create forms, surveys, and quizzes. Penn State students have access to a variety of Office 365 apps, and you can also create forms in OneDrive, Excel, and OneNote. However, the Forms app is designed to give you a really quick and easy…
Student Perspective: Carolyn Bezak
Carolyn Bezak is a current Penn State World Campus student who manages her studies and aspires to graduate in 2020.
Tackle a Passion Project with a Student Engagement Grant
Learn about grants available to online students who wish to pursue an experience or project outside of class.
Student Perspective: Amanda Nelson
Amanda Nelson is a current Penn State World Campus student who is also a Student Ambassador.
Get a Career You Love With Help From Nittany Lion Careers
Earlier this year, Penn State launched a new system called Nittany Lion Careers that offers useful resources for Penn State World Campus students and alumni. This new centralized system — which combines existing tools, while adding some enhanced capabilities — is available to all Penn State students and graduates, regardless of their campus, college, location,…
How a Master’s Degree in Higher Education Is Helping a Zookeeper Switch Careers
Careers changes, which are sometimes unexpected, can happen at any point in life, and they can happen for many different reasons. Over the course of the average person’s working life, it is estimated that they will switch careers between five and seven times. The idea is daunting and feared by many. But, there is always…
Military: How to Work With Your Adviser
Learn how military-affiliated students can work with their adviser to create a plan to succeed in their courses.