The School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg is hosting an accreditation visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) March 30-April 1, 2014. Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the visiting team. Click "Read More" for complete details.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the library.
The open house will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s more than 30 master’s, doctoral, and certification programs; meet with faculty; and obtain admission requirements and financial aid information. RSVP preferred, but not required.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold several events as a part of RAINN Day, an annual campaign sponsored by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) to raise awareness and fight against sexual violence on college campuses.
Jen Hirt, M.F.A., assistant professor of creative writing and English composition, will discuss, “Glow in the Dark,” her 2012 Gabehart Prize for Nonfiction winning creative essay about bats, glow sticks, rejection, and revision on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
As students continue to settle into college life and their studies in the new academic year, personal safety and security should also be a top priority. For many new students, this is the first time they have been responsible for their own safety. By adopting simple safety measures and knowing what college resources are available, students will be well equipped to keep themselves and their belongings safe.
In graduate school, Dr. Kimberly A. Schreck met a 14-year-old boy with autism who changed her life.
The boy didn’t just sleepwalk – he threw furniture out of second floor windows while sleeping. Schreck began wondering whether the boy’s sleep deprivation contributed to his aggression.
“Nobody had ever looked at that,” said Schreck, now professor of psychology and program chair of social sciences and psychology at Penn State Harrisburg.
Her graduate school advisor said, “You’ll spend your career working on this.” He was right.
Penn State Harrisburg Professor of Psychology Dr. Kimberly A. Schreck has met families who spent thousands of dollars, even remortgaged their homes, to pay for unproven treatments to try to help their children with autism.
Desperate parents sometimes will try almost anything.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its annual Trash to Treasure yard sale on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 8:00 a.m. to noon on campus in the Student Center, Capital Union Building.
In his second book about the relationship between China and the United States, John Haddad, associate professor of American studies and popular culture at Penn State Harrisburg, provides a colorful narrative history of how China and America first met, focusing on the lives and experiences of American traders, missionaries, and adventurers as they traveled to a foreign land unaware that the United States even existed.
Penn State Harrisburg will host an Academic Perspectives on Current Events discussion on “Sports Records: Before and After Performance-Enhancing Drugs” on Wednesday, Sept. 11 from noon to 1:30 p.m. on campus in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
