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Annual Data User Conference to focus on community planning

Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive single-day forum for the latest research and developments in demographic data will focus this year on the use of data in community planning.

The annual Data User Conference, hosted by the Pennsylvania State Data Center based at Penn State Harrisburg, will be at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey Thursday, September 13. This year’s theme is "Building Pennsylvania Communities: Using Data to Plan the Future."

‘The Nature of Women’ is focus of art exhibit

The work of veteran artist Joanne Landis will be on public exhibit Monday, August 20 through Friday, October 12 in the Morrison Gallery of Penn State Harrisburg’s library.

The exhibit, entitled "The Nature of Women," is free and open to the public Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. An artist’s reception and gallery talk will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6.

College offers food safety training

One supervisory employee in a licensed food establishment must be certified in food safety and sanitation in order to be in compliance with the state’s Department of Agriculture Food Employee Certification Act.

Penn State Harrisburg is bringing courses that fulfill those requirements to Carlisle, Lebanon, Middletown, and New Bloomfield this fall.

College offers engineering review courses in advance of exams

Penn State Harrisburg is offering assistance to engineers and students planning to take the April 2008 Professional Engineering or Fundamentals of Engineering exams.

The college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology and Office of Continuing Education are partnering to offer review courses beginning this fall in advance of the April exams.

Newest master’s program links engineering with management

Master’s-level study integrating engineering study with business and management principles is coming to Penn State Harrisburg.

The Master of Professional Studies in Engineering Management, available on campus this fall, is designed to provide engineers with business perspectives to enhance their capabilities in managing major projects, participating in business initiatives, developing policies, and other activities in both the public and private sectors.

14 faculty members earn promotions

Fourteen Penn State Harrisburg faculty members have earned promotions in academic rank from the University, effective July 1, 2007.

Promoted to professor are:

  • Shaun L. Gabbidon, criminal justice;

  • Steven A. Melnick, education;

  • Girish H. Subramanian, information systems;

  • Yuefeng Xie, environmental engineering; and

Mechanicsburg artists work on exhibit through Sept. 30

Refined abstract paintings and mixed media works by Mechanicsburg artist Andrea Lynn Lentz are on public display through September 30 in the main central hallway of Penn State Harrisburg’s Olmsted Building.

Lentz’s free exhibit, presented by the college in partnership with the Art Association of Harrisburg, is available from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and weekends.

College plays key role in regional partnership

Penn State Harrisburg plays a key role in a dynamic regional partnership to support technology-focused economic development and the creation of high-tech jobs.

The Innovation Transfer Network, headquartered on campus, brings together higher education institutions, economic development organizations, business, and government to provide companies with a gateway to reach college researchers who can meet their innovation needs.