| Organization |
Description |
| GCSAA |
Penn State online turfgrass certificate programs are approved by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) for external CEU credits — 1.5 external CEU credits for each Penn State credit — toward certification and recertification as a golf course superintendent. |
| Eat'n Park |
Penn State's School of Hospitality Management in the College of Health and Human Development, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's ProMgmt program, and Eat'n Park Restaurants, Inc., have joined forces to deliver an associate degree in hotel, restaurant, and institutional management program through Penn State World Campus. |
| IBM Consulting |
Penn State is one of three universities that has a informal partnership with IBM in the area of supply chain management. IBM choose the partners based on their expertise in the field as well as desire to build on the existing relationships with the schools. The partnership provides mutual benefits to the participants in the areas of research, training and education, curriculum development, and student recruitment. |
| ESRI |
ESRI is a leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software community. Penn State's online master's degree in GIS is a partner of ESRI's Virtual Campus that permits students to sign up for GIS-related educational courses to be delivered electronically by means of the World Wide Web and Internet. |
| American Society of Transportation and Logistics |
Penn State's online graduate certificate in supply chain and information systems is endorsed by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Inc. |
| QVC |
QVC hosted a residency for the online MBA program in both 2003 and 2004. During each residency week, QVC welcomed the online MBA program students into its corporate headquarters on an on-going basis to tour the facilities, meet with company executives, and examine their operations to perform a strategic analysis. |
| Rolls Royce, AMEC, Goodrich |
Penn State World Campus developed an online master's degree in project management in conjunction with leading project management companies. The online degree curriculum, influenced by our corporate partners, combines cutting-edge theory from some of the world's most-renowned project management faculty with the practical application that meets our partners' demands for excellence. |
| Fusion University |
Fusion University developed a partnership with Penn State to provide online education and degree availability to their clients. Fusion assists employers experiencing high turnover by providing opportunities for employees to join degree programs and develop interests in lifelong learning. Through educational services, Fusion's unique "sustained-retention" employee benefit structure reduces operating costs and improves employee loyalty. |
