For international students starting a new life far from home, Global Lion Mentors, a Penn State Harrisburg program, aims to create connections and offer support to help those students succeed.
Penn State Global has announced the 2025-26 recipients of its annual awards that recognize the outstanding contributions of individuals and academic programs at the University who have contributed to advancing its global engagement goals. This includes a new award this year, the Outstanding Global Alum award.
Award-winning author Pedro Martin will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Monday, April 6, for two speaking events featuring art demonstrations for students and the community.
The Kulkarni Cultural Series and the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will present Philadelphia’s SHARP Dance Company at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 23, in the Kulkarni Theatre on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg has joined the Penn State Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a program that helps inventory and catalog tree species on campus and creates experiential learning and collaborative research opportunities, as well as campus beautification for students, alumni and friends of the Penn State community.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth are offering events during National Women’s History Month, held during the month of March each year.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Kulkarni Cultural Series will host the internationally acclaimed Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Dynamic Trio at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, for an evening of world-class circus artistry, physical comedy and theatrical spectacle.
On Feb. 20-22, three Penn State Harrisburg students will represent the campus as dancers at 2026 THON Weekend, the annual dance marathon held at the University Park campus to support children and families impacted by childhood cancer.
