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Famed drummer to conduct public workshops Sept. 4
Tue, 08/12/2008
Jim Donovan

If you like to whistle in the wind when the cat turns blue and you wouldn’t want to be living in a world of ecstasy or if the words “ombe seyo ombe tell you to run bobodey see bobodeyam” mean anything to you, then you will likely enjoy the upcoming event with Jim Donovan at Penn State Harrisburg.

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Award-winning comic comes to campus August 27
Tue, 08/05/2008
Ronnie Jordan

From the very start funny man Ronnie Jordan has proven that he’s a comedy force to be reckoned with. After only a year on the comedy scene, the kid voted “Most Wittiest” in high school was crowned “Rookie of the Year” in 2001 by the famed Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta.

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College offering Food Safety Certification training
Mon, 08/04/2008

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.

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College’s engineering training has a global reach
Thu, 07/31/2008

Engineering education at Penn State Harrisburg transcends national boundaries to meet the needs of adult students.

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Pedro A. Cortes to lead National Association of Secretaries of State
Wed, 07/30/2008
Pedro Cortes

Secretary of the Commonwealth and Penn State Harrisburg graduate Pedro A. Cortes has assumed his post as President of the National Association of Secretaries of State, becoming the first Pennsylvanian to serve in that role in the organization’s 104-year history.

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College earns $131,000 HP Technology for Teaching Award
Thu, 07/24/2008

Penn State Harrisburg has been awarded a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching Leadership Award designed to transform teaching and learning in the classroom through innovative uses of technology.

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Faculty member earns Fulbright Chair to research long-term care
Wed, 07/23/2008
Dr. Cynthia Mara

A key focus of Cynthia Mara’s entire working life has been long-term care.

Beginning with her teen years when she provided care for a homebound elderly neighbor and her summer employment in a rest home, Dr. Mara has made a scholarly commitment to improving the quality of long-term care in the U.S.

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Dispatch from Korea: Thoughts about culture, respect, and transportation
Tue, 07/22/2008
Stephen Dyson

Stephen Dyson, a senior Criminal Justice major,is spending July at Pukyong National University in Busan, South Korea as part of a cultural and educational exchange program. A resident of York, Dyson his experiences here in the following dispatch from Busan. To read more about the cultural exchange, visit the web.

This trip has been amazing.

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Global educational reach now includes Korean schoolteachers
Mon, 07/21/2008
Korean Schoolteacher Visit

Penn State Harrisburg’s global educational reach adds another chapter from July 18 through August 18 when a delegation of 25 Korean schoolteachers will be on campus with a prime objective in mind – to enhance their abilities in English.

The middle school instructors from the Goyang City Office of Education near Seoul, South Korea, will be participating in a four-week English Immersion Program, an intensive study of the English language with emphasis on listening and verbal communication.

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College partners to host three–day ESL conference
Thu, 07/17/2008

A three-day conference aimed at enhancing the education of English language learners and featuring leading figures in instruction and policy from throughout the nation comes to the Hilton Harrisburg August 11 to 13.

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