To support a growing workforce, Penn State will expand its academic reach to South Philadelphia at its facilities at The Navy Yard. James Nemes, chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies in Malvern, will oversee the expansion of academic programming. A 1,200-acre campus-like community, The Navy Yard is home to over 13,000 employees and 150 companies, including NAVSEA, GlaxoSmithKline, Tasty Baking Company, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and Urban Outfitters Inc.

According to Nemes, the plan is to expand academic offerings and research opportunities to engage local organizations and educate their employees. With free parking and close proximity to I-95, I-76, and I-476 roadways, Penn State’s location is convenient for adults living and working in Philadelphia, South New Jersey and Delaware.

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Stop by our Open House from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. to learn more about our MBA, certificates in project management, leadership development, and distributed energy and grid modernization offered at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Speak with faculty and staff, hear about our flexible scheduling, and explore scholarship and financial aid opportunities. All attendees will receive a $65 application fee waiver.

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A workshop for Small Business growth and success.

Learn how Carol Sanford has helped businesses grow more than 25% annually based on her 42 years of experience.

Thursday, June 18
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Building 661, Symposium Room

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"Our financial returns shot through the roof with Carol's work. And we made no trade-offs with responsible practices or corporate values." - Catherine Connelly, CEO of Merida Meridan

Info Night | Thursday, June 18 |5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Visit us on June 18th and we'll waive the application fee!

What could you accomplish with a graduate degree from Penn State? Join us at our upcoming Info Night and learn firsthand about our graduate programs and professional development courses in business, management, finance, leadership development, software and systems engineering, information science, and engineering management.

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Get ready for the GMAT with Penn State Great Valley’s GMAT Preparation and Review Course. Our course consists of 16 sessions (8 weeks) where we will review the math, verbal and integrated reasoning sections of the test, as well as GMAT shortcuts, skills and strategies.

Upon completion of the GMAT course, you become eligible to receive a discount on your second course in either the MBA or Master of Finance offered through Penn State Great Valley.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5/12 - 7/2, 6:00 - 9:00 PM at Penn State Great Valley.

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Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Penn State Great Valley Conference Center

"Plastic Paradise" is an independent documentary film that chronicles Angela Sun's personal journey of discovery to one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll, to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Along the way she encounters scientists, celebrities, legislators and activists who shed light on what our society's vast consumption of disposable plastic is doing to our oceans -- and what it may be doing to our health. Following the film, Associate Professor of Management Science and Information Systems Eric Stein, Ph.D. will lead a discussion on the environmental impact of plastic.

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Author Talk by Howard Fero, Ph.D., Co-Author of Lead Me Out to the Ballgame
Thursday, May 7 at 7 p.m., the Conference Center at Penn State Great Valley

Free and open to the public.

In a thought provoking and practical presentation, Howard Fero, Ph.D., co-author of Lead Me Out to the Ballgame: Stories and Strategies to Develop Major League Leadership, will present the ten bases of leadership, based on over one hundred interviews he and his co-author conducted with current and former Major League Baseball players, managers and executives. Through these stories the audience will learn how the strategies employed by some of baseball’s great managers can be used not only in baseball but in all walks of life, to help them cultivate their leadership skills and become Major League Leaders.

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Penn State Great Valley
ScrumMaster® Certification (CSM®)
Date: April 9 & 10
Times: 8:30 – 4:30
Location: 15th & Cherry Street, Phila

This two-day, hands-on certification program delivered by Penn State Great Valley allows participants to receive their ScrumMaster® Certification (CSM®). This program is appropriate for project managers, team leaders, development managers, product managers, architects, developers, and testers, as well as executives like CIOs and CTOs. Course includes multiple simulations, exercises, and role plays.

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Attend Penn State Great Valley's Info Night at 5:30pm and we'll waive your $65 application fee when you apply before December 23rd for spring admission. Learn firsthand about our graduate and professional programs in business, management, finance, leadership development, software and systems engineering, information science, and engineering management.

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Learn from a Business Process Management/Information Management professional with 30 years of experience in the global corporate world:

- How to translate management vision and needs into a business system requirements
- How to develop a process model and detailed process profiles working with business users
- How to bring process and data together
- How to perform Gap Analysis
- Simplistic problem solving techniques leading to Root Cause Analysis and resulting in productivity improvement
- How to redesign processes while analyzing system requirements
- Defining requirements which users can understand and validate

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