In 1863, Penn State was designated as Pennsylvania’s land-grant college — a distinction that only Penn State holds and a designation that created a university to educate large segments of society that had not yet been served by higher education. To underscore Penn State’s important relationship with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Penn State Outreach created…
Greetings from the World Campus HelpDesk! No, that is not a mistake—the D is capitalized to set us apart from the other helpdesk units here at Penn State. Our job here is to provide technical support and training for World Campus students, faculty, and staff. We provide these services Monday through Friday 08:00-24:00 EST and…
Apparently, Mother Nature doesn’t realize it is Spring Break this week – State College was hit with one of our biggest snowstorms of the winter! We captured some scenes of Penn State University Park campus, including some shots of the Lion Shrine sporting a snowy coat. Check out the photos on our Flickr site.
When choosing an online learning environment, what should you look for? What are your needs? Did you know that the delivery of online content to learners is most often done through a learning management system (or LMS)? Penn State World Campus currently uses the University Learning Management System, which is ANGEL 7.4. Recently Kristin…
It’s what we roar at every Nittany Lion sporting event. It’s the cry we hear across the world when we wear Penn State attire and are spotted by a fellow Penn Stater. It’s who we are. “We are…Penn State!” Used to rouse Nittany Lion spirit today, many Penn Staters believe the cheer originated before the…
Does this sound familiar? I just read an article called Striking the Right Work-Life Balance—Are YOU Killing Your Soul? As a career counselor I know most people do not like what they do for work and I agree with the author that not liking what you do impacts you personally—it can zap the vitality right…
We are only 8 days away from THON, which starts on Friday, February 18th. While the World Campus will not have dancers at THON this year (we didn’t raise enough money to get into the dancer lottery), we will be there in spirit while continuing to raise money for THON to benefit the Four Diamonds…
As the momentum builds leading up to THON, I’ve been getting requests from people wanting to dance in THON on behalf of the World Campus. That makes this the perfect opportunity for me to explain how the THON process works AND recruit for next year’s World Campus THON Campaign. Entering the Dancer Lottery Because there…
It’s our first post of 2011 from Learning Design! Here is a wintry snapshot of our building. Can you see Mt. Nittany in the background? Our office suite is located right behind that wall of windows on the first level. This can create a chilly workday for those of us closest to the windows, but…
I’m writing this post on Sunday night, about 30 minutes before the AFC Championship game. Like many of us in Central Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S., I am a diehard Steelers fan, and all I can think about right now is Steelers football. Many kids (and some adults) would say my favorite players are heroes…
