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Two college faculty members named Penn State administrative fellows

Two Penn State Harrisburg faculty members, Dr. Doris Lee, professor in the training and development program, and Dr. Raffy Luquis, associate professor of health education, were among three fellows named to Penn State’s Administrative Fellows Program for the 2013-14 academic year. It is the program’s 27th year of consecutive operation. 

Penn State online MHA students meet in person for intensive training

Health care is one of the fastest growing employment sectors, thanks to baby boomers and the 32 million who will become eligible for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. These groups are driving demand for medical and health services managers. Penn State’s master of health administration (MHA) is helping to fill these jobs.

Athletics to add track and field teams in 2014-15

Penn State Harrisburg announced today that it will add an intercollegiate men’s and women’s track and field program. The teams will begin competing in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) in 2014-15 during the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Penn State Harrisburg Golf Tournament

Take a swing at golf to benefit Penn State Harrisburg athletics

Enjoy a round of golf while supporting local athletes and be automatically entered to play for a chance to win $1 million at the fourth annual Penn State Harrisburg Golf Tournament, sponsored by Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster, Ltd. and Nittany Village. To be held Sept. 27 at 8:00 a.m.

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Engineering student receives national leadership award

Trevor Dombach, Penn State Harrisburg civil engineering major, of Lititz, has received the 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Leadership Award. Dombach is the current president of the college’s ASCE chapter, which was chartered three years ago.

(Left to right) Dr. Roderick Lee, Chapter Honoree Susan Steadman, former Chapter Honoree Sal Fazzolari, and Dr. Richard Young

Students join business honor society

Forty-six students from Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration recently were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society that recognizes students in the top 10 percent of baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

IST student receives poetry prize

Ayushman Khazanchi, a senior information science and technology major at Penn State Harrisburg, of Gurgaon, India, received the Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller Poetry Prize, part of the Academy of American Poets’ (AAP) University and College Poetry Prizes program. This is the first year the college participated in the prize program. The award is open only to Penn State Harrisburg students.