Monday, April 30, 2012
Penn State Harrisburg alumna Meghan Jasani was recognized with the 2012 Penn State Alumni Association's Alumni Achievement Award. She is the fifth Penn State Harrisburg graduate to receive this honor. (more)
Monday, April 30, 2012
Adm. James M. Loy, retired deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard commandant, will deliver Penn State Harrisburg's spring commencement address on Saturday, May 5. The college will confer more than 600 undergraduate and graduate degrees during the ceremony, which starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Giant Center in Hershey. (more)
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence has announced two upcoming events, based at Penn State Hazleton and at Penn State Harrisburg. (more)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Penn State Harrisburg senior engineering and engineering technology students may be on to something big. Projects they've developed during their capstone design course have the potential to save lives in the workplace, make land and air transportation safer, and aid people with disabilities.
On Saturday April 21, students will present these senior projects and more during the campus' first Engineering Capstone Design Conference, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the Penn State Harrisburg campus in Middletown, Pa. (more)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
U.S. News & World Report has listed Penn State Harrisburg's School of Public Affairs and part-time M.B.A. program in its 2013 Best Graduate Schools rankings. Penn State Harrisburg was the only central Pennsylvania school ranked in these categories. (more)
Monday, April 16, 2012
Penn State Harrisburg will host illustrator Brian Pinkney and writer/editor Andrea Davis Pinkney, at 11:50 a.m. on April 24, in the Library's Morrison Gallery. The event is free and open to the public. (more)
Monday, April 16, 2012
Penn State Harrisburg recognized outstanding employee contributions at the 2012 Faculty and Staff Recognition Program on Thursday, March 29. Nominated by the campus community and selected by various award committees, several faculty and staff members received awards. (more)
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Samuel Monismith, associate professor of health education at Penn State Harrisburg, has received the 2012 Faculty Outreach Award. The award honors faculty who have positively and substantially affected individuals, organizations or communities through problem solving or development as a result of extending their scholarship. (more)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Penn State's second Student Town Hall Forum, where students can openly discuss with administrators the future of Penn State in light of recent events, will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium and will be live streamed to the campuses at http://wpsu.org/live. The event is for students only. Students watching from other Penn State campuses can submit questions at commonwealthtown@psu.edu. (more)
Monday, April 09, 2012
Marcellus Taylor, a senior sociology student at Penn State Harrisburg, has received the University's 2012 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award. Named for Penn State's 10th president, the award recognizes outstanding scholastic achievement, good citizenship, and leadership in student activities and is presented to just two students University-wide each year. Taylor is the eighth Penn State Harrisburg student to receive the honor. (more)
