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Man on a mission

To say that Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller, ’01 MPA, is driven is an understatement. He decided around junior high age to be a state trooper and centered his life around that. He took Latin in school because he knew that was the root of the law.

Alexander Guk earns Alumni Achievement Award

Mechanicsburg resident Alexander Guk’s rapid ascent in the business world has earned him a prestigious Penn State recognition.

The vice president of technology for the Harrisburg-based Webclients Internet firm, Guk recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Penn State Alumni Association during ceremonies in University Park.

Harry Yaverbaum, K.D. Patel join college Board of Advisers

Two community and business leaders, Harry I. Yaverbaum and K.D. Patel, have been appointed to the Penn State Harrisburg Board of Advisers.

Yaverbaum, a Certified Public Accountant, has nearly 38 years of experience in the profession with local, regional, and national accounting firms and 12 years of experience as Pennsylvania deputy auditor general during which he supervised the first state-wide audit of the Commonwealth.

College offers three summer study tours

This summer, you can learn about the arts and decorative arts of Pennsylvania, take a grand tour of Lancaster County, and even study the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through study tours offered by the college’s Office of Continuing Education.

The study tours are offered on credit and noncredit bases and are led by experts in their respective fields.

Rome Study Tour 2007

32 students participate in study tour to Rome

The recent college-sponsored study tour to Rome not only featured stops at many of the Eternal City’s tourist spots, but a week-long emersion into the culture and language of Italy.

Thirty-two students took advantage of the trip organized by the Penn State Harrisburg Honors Program. They were accompanied by two assistants and three faculty and staff. Students ranged from freshman to seniors and from 18 to 40 years of age.

Penn State Harrisburg honors outstanding students at Awards Convocation

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg honored 102 outstanding students at its 2007 Student Awards Convocation. Students honored and their places of residence include:

SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION

Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology
Karen Gibson, Camp Hill

Outstanding Psychology Student Award
Terri L. Bowling, Lancaster

Electrical students capture honors in regional competition

Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology undergraduate students from Penn State Harrisburg walked away with a third place award in the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 2 Student Activities Conference at the University of Cincinnati April 13 to 15.