Walsh Issues Statement on Possible Closure of Penn State Wilkes-Barre

February 26, 2025

HARRISBURG – Rep. Jamie Walsh (R-Luzerne) today issued a statement regarding Penn State University’s new plan that could close Penn State Wilkes-Barre and other branch campuses in the region. The closure of the Lehman Township campus would impact local jobs, harm the regional economy, and make it more difficult to earn a college degree in northeast Pennsylvania.

“Penn State Wilkes-Barre impacts our region in many positive ways, providing a quality education close to home and helping to boost the local economy. The school offers access to higher education for some 350 students from our area who have 275 majors from which to choose. It also provides stable, family-sustaining wages to hundreds of local residents.

“Closing Penn State Wilkes-Barre is simply unacceptable, and I join with other area lawmakers in pledging to take every step necessary to prevent that from happening.”

Representative Jamie Walsh
117th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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