Campus Life

A bust of Oliver LaGrone

Artists’ legacies honored through sculpture donation

Penn State Harrisburg alums Doug Knull and Evelyn Toro Knull donated a bronze bust of Oliver LaGrone, an African American sculptor, poet and educator, that was sculpted by Ruth Fackler Sourbeer, an artist and Doug Knull’s grandmother. The bust is now on display in the Oliver LaGrone Cultural Arts Center, in the college’s Olmsted Building.
Photo of chef Emily Getz

Penn State Harrisburg chef wins regional culinary challenge

Emily Getz, a cook for Housing and Food Services at Penn State Harrisburg, earned first place in the Mid-Atlantic region at the National Association of College and University Food Services 2025 Culinary Challenge, taking home an American Culinary Foundation gold medal for the dish she prepared.