Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Kehuma Langmia, chair in the Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication, School of Communications, Howard University, on April 1 and 2.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its spring musical, “Urinetown,” on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 3 to 5, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The performances will take place in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center building at Penn State Harrisburg.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, and David Witwer, professor of American studies and history, School of Humanities, have been named distinguished professors by the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. They are among 13 distinguished professors named in 2024.
Student Faaiq Rizwan's internship was unpaid, but through Penn State Harrisburg’s Career Center Internship Endowment, Rizwan received financial support — assistance that made the internship possible for him. The Career Center Internship Endowment comes from a gift from the John Crain Kunkel Foundation in 2019, which helped expand the college’s career services office.
For some Penn State Harrisburg students, spring break meant doing some light construction work in Cleveland, Ohio; constructing outdoor learning space and teaching leadership skills at a school in the Dominican Republic; and learning to tend crops at a sustainable farm in Costa Rica.
The Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State will host a Women and Innovation seminar at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 28, in Room 210 of the Capitol Union Building at Penn State Harrisburg. The event is part of the Truist Empowered Entrepreneurs series.
Penn State will join Georgetown University to co-host the "2024 Opportunity Institute: Colleges and Universities Working to Improve the Student Academic Experience and Outcomes" from June 10-12.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 15 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
In an effort to promote and increase awareness, acceptance, inclusion and accessibility on campus, Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Student Disabilities will host Disability Awareness Week, March 18 to 22.
Penn State Harrisburg’s ice hockey club team recently won its first Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference (DVCHC) National Division Championship and will advance to the AAU College Hockey Nationals.