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Performance to feature a cappella Yiddish songs

Thu, 02/09/2012

Internationally known vocalist and artist Susan Leviton will perform Yiddish women’s songs a cappella in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge, Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the concert, "Women’s Voices in Yiddish Song," will be followed by a kosher reception.

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Summer schedule offers convenient options

Tue, 01/31/2012

(updated February 2, 2012)

Students looking to take a course or two over the summer can choose from a full range of undergraduate and graduate courses offered at Penn State Harrisburg. The first summer session runs May 14 to June 25; the second session runs June 27 to August 10. Registration now open.

The summer schedule offers flexible options to meet students’ needs, including consecutive course bundles, online delivery, courses at the Hershey Medical Center and Penn State York, a study tour, and programs for educators.

Mon, 01/23/2012

Joe Paterno adresses the media, Oct. 29, 2011. Credit: Annemarie Mountz

Source: Penn State Live; January 22, 2012

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania State University and college athletics mourns the passing of Joseph V. Paterno, the winningest coach in the history of major college football.

Paterno, who turned 85 last month, passed away today (Jan. 22) surrounded by his family at Mount Nittany Medical Center, near the University Park campus. The legendary teacher, mentor and humanitarian had been diagnosed with lung cancer last November and recently had been hospitalized.

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Spring open houses set

Fri, 01/13/2012

Dates have been set for two Penn State Harrisburg open houses this spring: Graduate School Information Night on Thursday, March 15, and Undergraduate Admissions Open House on Saturday, April 14.

Starting at 6:00 p.m. in the library, the graduate information night will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s 24 master’s and three doctoral programs; meet with faculty; and obtain application, registration, and financial aid information. RSVP preferred, but not required.

Thu, 12/15/2011

On Saturday, Dec. 3, Penn State Harrisburg senior guard Dorothea Dixon became the ninth women’s basketball player in NCAA history across all divisions to record a rare quadruple-double, in a 91-42 victory over Penn State Berks.

Dixon, of Middletown, totaled 11 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and 10 steals in front of a hometown crowd at the college’s Capital Union Building. Her accomplishment is the first in school history and the first quadruple-double by a women’s player in any of the NCAA’s three divisions since 2009.

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Doctoral students win folklore society awards

Mon, 12/05/2011

Two Penn State Harrisburg American Studies doctoral students received awards from the American Folklore Society Oct. 15 at the society’s annual conference in Bloomington, Ind.

Spencer L. Green, of Provo, Utah, received the William Wells Newell Prize for his paper, “Disastrous Alternatives: Boy Scout Disaster Stories and Legends and Imagining the Natural World.” During the conference, Green presented his paper, which was published in the “Children’s Folklore Review.” Green is the second consecutive Penn State Harrisburg student to win the prize, an international competition run annually since 1980.

Wed, 11/23/2011

Students examine equipment at the PPL Electric Utilities Power Laboratory

Penn State Harrisburg engineering students planning careers in the electric utility industry will have an edge on the competition when they graduate, thanks to nearly $200,000 in gifts of software, equipment, and financial support from PPL Corporation and leading electric utility suppliers. The PPL Electric Utilities Power Laboratory on campus offers students hands-on training with the same equipment utility companies use to control and protect the nation’s power systems.

Thu, 11/17/2011

A study released today by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) reveals Penn State Harrisburg outperformed its benchmark group in several aspects of engaging students, and scored higher than previous surveys.

The report, “Fostering Student Engagement Campuswide –Annual Results 2011,” provides results from a survey of 416,000 first-year students and seniors across 673 U.S. colleges and universities. The annual survey compares feedback from students of participating colleges, revealing effective practices in education.

Wed, 11/16/2011

Jane Wilburne presented "Cowboys Count," co-authored with Jane Keat and Mary Napoli, to the college Board of Advisers.

Three Penn State Harrisburg education professors have combined their unique perspectives on teaching and areas of expertise to create a book that helps to teach math in a new way. In “Cowboys Count, Monkeys Measure, and Princesses Problem Solve: Building Early Math Skills through Storybooks,”Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Jane Wilburne, Associate Professor of Early Childhood Jane Keat, and Associate Professor of Reading Mary Napoli suggest teaching mathematics using literature.

Tue, 11/08/2011

Three members of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education have received research grants from federal agencies.

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