Campus Life

Jessica Barb and Gary Barb

Military service is family tradition for Penn State Harrisburg father, daughter

Retired Master Sgt. Gary Barb, campus technology officer at Penn State Harrisburg, is a veteran of both the U.S. Navy, which he served from 1989 to 1993, and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, which he served from 1994 to 2012. His daughter, Jessica Barb, is a communications major at Penn State Harrisburg, where she participates in the Army ROTC program, and serves in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
Exhibition space at Archives and Special Collections in Madlyn L. Hanes Library.

Harrisburg campus library celebrates Shirley Chisholm with new exhibition

The Madlyn L. Hanes Library at Penn State Harrisburg has launched a new exhibition, “Always Aim High! An Exhibition Celebrating Shirley Chisholm,” featuring rare materials from the Alice Marshall Women’s History Collection. The exhibition opened Oct. 22 and will be on display through Dec. 20 at the entrance to Archives and Special Collections on the library's third floor. Chisholm was the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and the first Black woman to run for U.S. president in 1972. 
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Oct. 24 campus conversation at Penn State Harrisburg postponed 

The Commonwealth Campus conversation scheduled for Oct. 24 at Penn State Harrisburg has been postponed to allow more time for learnings to be shared and recommendations to be developed as part of the Future State Integrated Design Initiative. Postponing the event until additional information from this process is available will help to inform a more fulsome conversation about future plans for the Commonwealth Campuses, according to Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses and Executive Chancellor Margo DelliCarpini.