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Alternative Spring Break takes student service abroad for Harrisburg students

The lush greenery, turquoise waves, and friendly communities of Puerto Rico greeted ten Penn State Harrisburg students at the beginning of spring break in March of this year for the second annual Alternative Spring Break. This year’s group traveled to the island to aid in continuing relief efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Maria.
Schreyer Honors Scholar Lydia Williams

Research opportunity in Turkey gives student a firsthand look at refugee plight

The Syrian refugee crisis was just beginning in 2012 when, on a whim, Lydia Williams she picked up a book called “The Syrian Rebellion” by Fouad Ajami. It changed her life. Now a senior political science major at Penn State Harrisburg, Williams traveled to Turkey this year to study the plight of the refugees through the Turkish Heritage Organization Summer Research Program.

Whiting gift jump-starts track facilities at Penn State Harrisburg

Kent Whiting, a 2007 Penn State Harrisburg graduate, has committed a gift of $150,000 to support new track and field facilities at the college. The Whiting Family Throwing Complex will help Penn State Harrisburg take its track and field program to a new level of excellence by providing for a facility on campus. The track and field teams currently train at off-campus locations.

Alumnus Rick Barger receives University Alumni Service Award

Rick Barger, a 1971 bachelor’s of business administration graduate of Penn State Harrisburg, has received the Philip Philip Mitchell Alumni Service Award from the Penn State Alumni Association for his significant contributions in public service on behalf of the University.