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Six Penn State faculty members receive 2024 Faculty Scholar Medals

Six Penn State faculty members have received 2024 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. They are Bonnie Collura, professor of art (sculpture) in the College of Arts and Architecture; Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg; Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and by courtesy materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Katsuhiko Murakami, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Eberly College of Science; Mikael Rechtsman, professor of physics in the Eberly College of Science; and Tak-Sing Wong, professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering.
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Penn State Harrisburg to present 'Urinetown,' April 3 to 6

The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its spring musical, “Urinetown,” on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 3 to 5, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The performances will take place in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center building at Penn State Harrisburg. 
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Two Penn State Harrisburg faculty members named distinguished professors

Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, and David Witwer, professor of American studies and history, School of Humanities, have been named distinguished professors by the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. They are among 13 distinguished professors named in 2024.
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Harrisburg program supports students completing unpaid internships

Student Faaiq Rizwan's internship was unpaid, but through Penn State Harrisburg’s Career Center Internship Endowment, Rizwan received financial support — assistance that made the internship possible for him. The Career Center Internship Endowment comes from a gift from the John Crain Kunkel Foundation in 2019, which helped expand the college’s career services office.