Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering and Technology will hold its annual Capstone Design Conference from 12:30 to 6 p.m. on Friday, April 26, on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its spring 2024 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. First Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Chief Diversity Officer Norman Bristol Colón will serve as keynote speaker at the ceremony. Ashon Calhoun, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, who will receive a bachelor of arts in communications degree at the ceremony, will serve as student speaker for the event.
Children’s author and poet Janet Wong will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 16. Wong will present workshops on writing and teaching poetry at 9 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. in the Hanes Library’s Morrison Gallery on campus.
For some Penn State Harrisburg students, spring break meant doing some light construction work in Cleveland, Ohio; constructing outdoor learning space and teaching leadership skills at a school in the Dominican Republic; and learning to tend crops at a sustainable farm in Costa Rica.
The Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State will host a Women and Innovation seminar at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 28, in Room 210 of the Capitol Union Building at Penn State Harrisburg. The event is part of the Truist Empowered Entrepreneurs series.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 15 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
In an effort to promote and increase awareness, acceptance, inclusion and accessibility on campus, Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Student Disabilities will host Disability Awareness Week, March 18 to 22.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 11 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will offer events in honor of National Women’s History Month in March. The theme this year is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion."
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies will welcome historian Rachel Einwohner at noon on Thursday, Feb. 22, via webinar. She will present “Hope and Honor: Jewish Resistance in the Ghettos of Warsaw, Vilna, and Łódź.”