Penn State Harrisburg will hold its fall 2018 commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15. Approximately 740 degrees will be conferred. Penn State Harrisburg alumna and founder of JAL Executive HR Consulting Jane Leipold will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony.
Penn State Harrisburg Chancellor John Mason shares a message following the discovery of a swastika drawing in an off-campus apartment building near the college.
Penn State Harrisburg researcher Sheela Pandey, assistant professor of management in the School of Business Administration, is examining a new approach for funding initiatives aimed at solving challenging social issues. First launched in the United Kingdom in 2010 and in the U.S. in 2013, social impact bonds — or SIBs — are multi-party contracts between agencies seeking financial support and funders with money to lend them.
Social impact bonds are multi-party contracts between agencies seeking financial support and funders with money to lend them. State and local governments are signing contracts with investment houses, banks and foundations, leveraging capital from investors and expertise from service providers to do everything from helping the homeless find shelter to rehabilitating drug addicts.
Jane Filby Leipold, a 1988 graduate of Penn State Harrisburg’s MBA program, 2013 Penn State Alumni Fellow, and former senior vice president of global human resources at TE Connectivity, will deliver the commencement address at Penn State Harrisburg's fall 2018 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15.