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29 students inducted into national honor society

Twenty-nine Penn State Harrisburg students have been inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), the national honor society for adult students in higher education.

ASL is an undergraduate honor society that selects inductees from the top 10 percent of all students who are 24 years of age and older, and have at least 30 credits in a Penn State degree program.

George Boudreau

Faculty member solves Benjamin Franklin mystery

Benjamin Franklin scholars, including Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Humanities and History George Boudreau, have long considered the Junto as one of the shaping influences in the life of the Founding Father.

Nadine Zahr

Nadine Zahr in concert

Nadine Zahr is anything but the stereotype of the demurring neo-folk singer.

Nominated as Best Female Performer of 2006 byCampus Activities Magazine, the singer and songwriter brings her unique and enthusiastic talents to Penn State Harrisburg’s Stack’s Stage at noon Nov. 12.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Depression Screening Day October 22

It is estimated that 18.8 million Americans age 18 and older have some sort of a depressive disorder.

And nearly half of all college students report feeling so depressed at some point in time that they have trouble functioning.

Penn State Harrisburg Counseling Services, in an effort to call attention to the illness of depression, is offering a Depression Screening Day from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 in the Gallery Lounge.

College team to compete in regional computer programming contest

A team of Penn State Harrisburg students is sharpening its skills in preparation for competition in the world’s most prestigious computer programming competition.

The students from Penn State Harrisburg will challenge teams from nine other colleges and universities Saturday, Oct. 27 in the regional contest of the 32 nd ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM at Shippensburg University.

Holocaust survivor's poetry and story come to campus Nov. 1

Several years ago, Gail Rosen committed herself to keeping the poetry and story of Holocaust survivor Hilda Stern Cohen alive.

Rosen, a professional storyteller from Baltimore, brings her performance entitled “For Tomorrow: the Story and Poetry of Hilda Stern Cohen” to Penn State Harrisburg Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6:15 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery of the library.

The presentation is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6273.