Retired Penn State Harrisburg faculty Member Richard Ammon has been named the 2007 Outstanding Pennsylvania Author by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association.
The award, which is presented to an author or illustrator who has made notable contribution in children's or young adult literature, was given to Dr. Ammon at the organization’s annual conference in Hershey.
An initiative by Gov. Edward G. Rendell to build partnerships between Pennsylvania's colleges and universities, communities, and companies includes $400,000 in grants to Penn State Harrisburg.
A Penn State Harrisburg graduate who has led an area effort to provided skilled workers to employers is now taking the same initiative statewide.
Robert Garraty, a Hummelstown resident who holds two degrees from the college — Master of Public Administration ’91 and Ph.D. in Public Administration ’03 — has been named executive director of the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board by Gov. Edward G. Rendell.
A three-day conference aimed at enhancing the education of English language learners in the region comes to the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East June 18 to 20.
Mechanicsburg resident Alexander Guk has only been a resident of the United States for 10 years, but his 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.
The Second Annual Pennsylvania Weed and Seed Conference, "Empowering Communities for a Change," comes to the Sheraton Harrisburg-Hershey June 7 and 8.
Implemented in 1995, Pennsylvania’s Weed and Seed program addresses the problem of high crime rates, especially with respect to drug and violent crime, and the presence of social deterioration, such as juvenile delinquency, poverty, and unemployment in medium-sized communities.
The grass won’t be the only thing "greening up" this spring on the Penn State Harrisburg campus. While students were away for winter break, many buildings on the Harrisburg campus were receiving energy-efficient improvements.
One of the area’s most extensive and ambitious summer educational experiences for schoolchildren of all ages is returning to Penn State Harrisburg the weeks of June 18, June 25, July 9, July 16, July 23, and July 30.
Kids College, which attracted more than 600 children to the Penn State Harrisburg campus last summer, offers more than 50 camps this year for children in grades 3 through 12.
