Penn State Harrisburg delivers a full range of undergraduate and graduate programs for teachers throughout the summer. Courses vary in length and format to fit busy schedules.
It seemed inevitable that Monaya Miller would go into the medical field. Just about everybody else in her family did. Inspiration from a labor and delivery nurse after the 2009 birth of her daughter coupled with a family tradition of nursing, drew Miller to Penn State Harrisburg's "second degree" nursing program. In December 2019, she received her bachelor of science in nursing. It took a village of family, faculty and classmates to get her there.
Students in the class Perspectives on Aging, taught by A. Patricia Aguilera in Penn State Harrisburg's human development and family studies program, were tasked with researching topics that could be useful to an aging population, then present them in a lively and entertaining way.
Penn State Harrisburg recently presented Alumni Achievement Awards to one graduate of each of the five academic schools who demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishment. The awards were presented during a ceremony on campus in September 2019.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2019 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.
Carolyn Griess, assistant teaching professor in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, wants more people to know what to do in youth mental health crises. She is teaching a one credit course titled "Youth Mental Health First Aid."
Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, was recently elected a fellow of the Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Penn State Harrisburg School of Behavioral Sciences and Education will host a multi-speaker event to promote awareness of domestic violence, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 17.
