Fresh off of holiday break, the Penn State DuBois men’s basketball team traveled to Westmoreland County Community College (WCCC) Thursday night to take on the Wolfpack. Coming off a loss the previous night, WCCC came ready to play. Penn State DuBois got off to a slow start. Careless turnovers and missed shots transitioned into fast break points for WCCC.
The Penn State DuBois Women’s Basketball team picked up their second road victory in a row as they beat Westmoreland County Community College (7-6) by the score of 70-53 Thursday night. DuBois improves to (4-7) on the season with the win.
A degree in Earth science can prepare individuals for careers in a variety of fields, including environmental conservation, energy resources, wildlife conservation, environmental consulting and more. But students in the Earth science degree program at Penn State are getting a leg up on the competition to land jobs by gaining computer programming language experience as part of their curriculum.
The Penn State DuBois Women’s Basketball team (1-0) traveled to the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville and captured a 98-46 win on Wednesday night. With the win, PSUD Coach Pat Lewis collected his 350th win in his career.
Some students enrolled in the Earth Sciences bachelor degree program at Penn State DuBois recently had the chance to see much of their classroom learning brought to life. During a weekend fieldtrip to Pennsylvania's Valley Ridge Region, Instructor in Earth Sciences Patrick Applegate introduced students to real-world examples of geological phenomena that tell the story of Earth's history. The students participated in the trip as part of their class on geomorphology, which is a science devoted to learning the history of the planet by studying areas on, or close to, the surface.
The Delta Mu Sigma Honor Society at Penn State DuBois has inducted 16 new members for the Fall 2015 semester. In order to qualify for membership students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above, and be involved in campus or community service.
Penn State DuBois cross-country runner Juliann Boddorf claimed the title of Conference Champion at the Pennsylvania State University Athletic Conference Championship, held Oct. 17 on the golf course at Penn State's University Park campus.
For the second year in a row, DuBois Central Catholic (DCC) has taken first place in the BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) robotics competition held Oct. 24 in the campus gymnasium at Penn State DuBois. Rounding out the top three schools were DuBois Area School District in second place and the Wider School in third place. All three schools will advance to the Northern Plains BEST Regional Championships to be held Dec. 3-5 at North Dakota State University. BEST is a national robotics competition for middle and high school students.
The Penn State DuBois baseball team made a strong showing in six appearances during its fall ball season, ending with a 3-3 record. This is the first time Penn State DuBois has fielded a baseball team since the early 1990s when the program was cut due to budgetary reasons.
Some area elementary school students got a lesson in health and safety Oct. 15 from students in the Penn State DuBois Occupational Therapy Assistant Program. The Penn State students presented the Backpack Awareness Program to around 400 students at Juniata Elementary School in the DuBois Area School District.