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Heather Neary

Auntie Anne’s president Heather Neary named Penn State Alumni Fellow

Heather Neary, who received a master of business administration from Penn State Harrisburg in 2009 and is president of Auntie Anne’s, the world’s largest soft-pretzel franchise firm with more than 1,800 stores operating nationally and internationally, has been named a Penn State Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association.
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Prepare for the fall 2019 commencement ceremony

Graduating students, you’ve made it this far, now make sure you’re ready for commencement. The Penn State Harrisburg fall 2019 ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Itzhak Perlman

Things to Do at Penn State: Nov. 7-14

An evening with one of the world's most famous classical musicians, events celebrating Native American Heritage Month and lectures from two Pulitzer Prize winners are among the cultural highlights at Penn State this weekend and next week.
Truman and Sasamori

Hiroshima bombing survivor Shigeko Sasamori to visit Penn State Harrisburg

Shigeko Sasamori, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, will speak at noon Nov. 14, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus. She will be joined by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, to present "Tales of a Hiroshima Maiden: Navigating Peace with Shigeko Sasamori and Clifton Truman." The event is free and open to the public.
collage of baseball artifacts

Penn State Harrisburg symposium looked at how baseball reflects American history

Baseball is an American tradition, with origins that date back to before the American Civil War. As the Washington Nationals celebrate a historic World Series win, a group of speakers at a recent Penn State Harrisburg symposium, titled "Athletes in Action: A Symposium About Diversity in Early American Baseball and Nittany Lion Lettermen's Contributes to the Great War," discussed how the history of baseball is deeply entwined in the history of America.