Penn State Harrisburg alumna Jane Leipold, of Harrisburg, PA, was recognized with the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2013 Alumni Fellow Award.
She was recognized for her “outstanding professional accomplishments” and given the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow. The award, established in 1973, is the highest award given by the association.
Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Severin Fayerman to discuss his inspirational memoir “A Survivor’s Story” on Tuesday, November 5 at noon in the campus library Morrison Gallery.
The discussion will focus on Fayerman’s journey from the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald to the United States and a successful business and civic career.
Penn State’s International Study Tours provide students an exciting opportunity to travel around the world and learn about different countries through first-hand experience.
In March 2014, Penn State Harrisburg is offering study tours to China, London and Guatemala.
The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society will offer an exclusive opportunity to help students gain résumé advice from area professionals at “Resumania” on Thursday, October 31 at 5 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium.
Penn State Harrisburg keeps faculty, staff, and students informed of delays and cancellations due to severe weather through the PSUTXT system, Facebook page, Twitter page and on the campus website, as well as the telephone voicemail system, e-mail, and automated messages at the college's main telephone number, 717-948-6000. Local television and radio stations also inform the public of delays and cancellations.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Survey Research will present Beyond SurveyMonkey: Collecting Web Data You Can Count On, Thursday, October 24 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room W338 Olmsted Building.
Dr. Jonathan Lee, assistant professor of criminal justice, will present Making Sense of Crime and Policing: Theories and Research on Wednesday, October 23 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
Topics in the discussion include juvenile delinquency, crime theories, police decision making, family and crime, and international studies.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Dr. Kenneth Cunningham, associate professor of sociology, will be the keynote speaker this fall for the first Teaching International program lecture at Penn State Lehigh Valley.
Dr. Cunningham is program coordinator for Penn State Harrisburg’s bachelor of science in sociology, bachelor of science in applied behavioral science and the minor in sociology.
Penn State Harrisburg now offers a graduate-level certificate program designed to enable students to conceptualize, deliver, and manage effective heritage and museum projects.
Dr. Rhoda Joseph, associate professor of information systems, will present Big Data and T-Government on Wednesday, October 16 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
The discussion will focus on electronic government and transformational government, which is the use of computer-based information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve the delivery of public services.
