Penn State Harrisburg will hold several events in February in honor of Black History Month, including an African-American Read-In, the traveling True Black History Museum, and a lecture by Penn State alumnus and first African-American Astronaut Guion Bluford.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the Commonwealth will be holding events in honor of Black History Month. Here’s a look at some of the events taking place at the University’s campuses during the month of February.
Retired astronaut an Penn State alumnus Guion “Guy” Bluford Jr. will present “STEM Forward: Minorities in Engineering” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Penn State Harrisburg. Bluford will discuss his space shuttle flights and the future of manned space flight, as well as the difficulties he faced as a minority in a STEM field. In 1983, Bluford became the first African-American to fly in space.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology will hold its two-week STEM Summer Enrichment Program (STEM-SEP), June 10 to 21 on campus. The program introduces high school students to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines and careers. Applications are now being accepted.
Tyler Love, assistant professor of elementary and middle grades STEM education in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education and director of the Capital Area Institute for Mathematics and Science, has received the 2018 CareerSafe Safety Educator of the Year award.
Molly Goehring, undergraduate student in the letters, arts, and sciences program in the School of Humanities, was selected as the winner of Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee (DEEC) annual Martin Luther King poster contest.
Coach Ken Carter, dean/headmaster behind the Coach Carter Impact Academy and the Carter Brand and inspiration for the film “Coach Carter,” will visit Penn State Harrisburg at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan, 24. in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre, SEC Building.
Friendship that began at Penn State Harrisburg led alumni Scott Kupper, Karl Miller, and Craig Rosenberger to form the firm Kupper Engineering, and create a scholarship to give back to their alma mater.
Students from 16 area middle schools will gather at Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building for the 35th annual MATHCOUNTS competition on Saturday, January 26, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Registration is now open for the 34th annual Graduate Exhibition, a showcase of musical performances, cutting-edge research, and visual arts presented by Penn State's graduate students.
