For David Witwer, American studies professor at Penn State Harrisburg, a key takeaway for students studying history is understanding how parts of history are selected and chosen to be remembered while other parts are left to be forgotten. One way he does this is through hands-on experience.
Mary Zaborskis, assistant professor of American studies and gender studies at Penn State Harrisburg, received an honorable mention in the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) “Feminist Formations” Paper Award.
Kaylee Fuller, who will graduate this fall with a bachelor of arts degree in communications, comes from a family of Penn State fans and Penn State Harrisburg graduates. She always knew she would continue the family tradition but wanted to make sure her academic journey gave her the opportunity for “creative freedom and the ability to express herself.” She found that in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2021 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Soccer player Oscar Cartagena, a graduate student majoring in communications at Penn State Harrisburg, discusses his recently completed media internship with the American Junior Golf Association.
The Penn State Harrisburg orchestra, concert band, campus choir, and chamber singers will host the winter music program concert “Hope and Remembrance,” on Wednesday Nov. 17 and Thursday Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
Hart Bullock, a current doctoral student in communications at the University of Maine and recent master of arts in communications graduate at Penn State Harrisburg, won the 2021 Don Yoder Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper in Folk Belief or Religious Folklife.
Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its fall play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 to 5; and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. The performance and other activities will highlight autism awareness.
Murray Leeder, a research affiliate at the University of Manitoba, will present a guest lecture titled "Indigeneity and the Monstrous in Horror Media."
