Penn State Harrisburg recognized outstanding employee contributions at the 2016 Faculty and Staff Recognition Program on March 31. Nominated by the college community and selected by various award committees, several faculty and staff members received awards.
As part of the Penn State Harrisburg Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies speaker series, Kenneth Marcus will present “The Definition of Anti-Semitism” on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m. in the library Morrison Gallery.
As part of Penn State Harrisburg’s faculty seminar series, faculty members discuss the 2015 Nobel Prize winners on Wednesday, April 6 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
Penn State is marking Sexual Assault Awareness month this April with a range of events and initiatives across the Commonwealth that offer educational opportunities, focus attention on the issue and bring the community together to stop sexual misconduct.
Nigeria is committed to improving the training of its police force, and Jennifer Gibbs, assistant professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, is helping the African country get there.
Recent Penn State Harrisburg graduate Mario Soliman has received the 2015 JoAnne Day Student of the Year Award in the Technical Category by the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Employers (PennACE). Soliman graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the college’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology in fall 2015.
Sereita Cobbs, director of content integration & strategy at espnW, will lead a Title IX discussion on women in sports, followed by a film screening of the documentary “Venus Vs.” on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium at Penn State Harrisburg.
Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Commission for Women will present a screening and panel discussion of the Oscar nominated documentary, “The Hunting Ground,” on Monday, March 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., with a light dinner available at 5:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium (C213).
