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The work of two Penn State Harrisburg faculty members has been honored as the best computer science and engineering textbook of the year.

The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture by Associate Professor of Computer Science Linda Null and Instructor in Computer Science Julia Lobur has been selected as the winner of the prestigious "Texty" textbook award presented by the Text and Academic Authors Association.

Penn State Harrisburg now offers a graduate-level certificate program aimed at preparing mental health counselors to work in community mental health settings.

Advanced Graduate Studies in Psychology: Applications in Clinical Psychology is a 12-credit, treatment-oriented program focusing on the major subfields of applied clinical psychology to enhance training received in a traditional master’s program.

Shown at the check presentation to fund cancer awareness are, left to right, Penn State Harrisburg student and Feel Your Boobies Foundation intern Lorena Roedan, Foundation founder Leigh Hurst, ball chairman Holly Artz, Lion Ambassador president Melissa Yingling, and Lion Ambassador adviser Laurie Dobrosky.

The recent "Boobies Ball" hosted by the Lion Ambassadors on campus to fund cancer research resulted in an $1,100 to a local foundation.

To say that Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller, ’01 MPA, is driven is an understatement. He decided around junior high age to be a state trooper and centered his life around that. He took Latin in school because he knew that was the root of the law.

The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) has asked a research team at Penn State Harrisburg to develop and implement a plan to explore issues related to current and projected participation in long-term care services.

Mechanicsburg resident Alexander Guk’s rapid ascent in the business world has earned him a prestigious Penn State recognition.

The vice president of technology for the Harrisburg-based Webclients Internet firm, Guk recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Penn State Alumni Association during ceremonies in University Park.

Two community and business leaders, Harry I. Yaverbaum and K.D. Patel, have been appointed to the Penn State Harrisburg Board of Advisers.

Yaverbaum, a Certified Public Accountant, has nearly 38 years of experience in the profession with local, regional, and national accounting firms and 12 years of experience as Pennsylvania deputy auditor general during which he supervised the first state-wide audit of the Commonwealth.

George R. Zoffinger, one of Penn State Harrisburg’s most distinguished graduates, will deliver the keynote address at the college’s May 19 commencement ceremonies at the Giant Center in Hershey.

This summer, you can learn about the arts and decorative arts of Pennsylvania, take a grand tour of Lancaster County, and even study the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through study tours offered by the college’s Office of Continuing Education.

The study tours are offered on credit and noncredit bases and are led by experts in their respective fields.