The Penn State Harrisburg Reads program has chosen ‘Everything I Never Told You’ by Celeste Ng as its common text for the 2020-21 academic year. The book explores themes of belonging, academic stress, family relationships, mental health, and racial and gender discrimination.
Penn State Harrisburg faculty and staff Shaun Gabbidon, Roderick Lee and Juan Castro have been appointed to Penn State committees supporting President Eric Barron’s commitment to address both the immediate issues and longstanding problems of racism, bias and intolerance.
The Kunkel Career Center at Penn State Harrisburg will host a virtual career fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, via the online platform Brazen.
Penn State released its preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Sept. 18 to 24 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Sept. 25). Among students tested at the University Park campus whose test results have been received, Penn State received 418 positive results from its on-demand testing and 19 positive results from its random testing program.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Sept. 18 to 20, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. These numbers are evolving as many test results are still pending, which will then be validated and uploaded.
Heather Witherow has not allowed current events to dampen her hopes for making positive change in the world. She has spearheaded a peaceful movement aimed at promoting equality that she has named Project Unity. The online art gallery invites submissions from the entire Penn State community and beyond.
Holocaust survivor Linda Schwab will speak at a virtual event presented by the Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg on Sept. 22 at noon. Schwab will discuss her family’s escape during the Holocaust.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with on-demand testing and random screening results from the period of Sept. 4-6, as well as new results from the prior week. These numbers are evolving as it can take up to 48 hours for test results to be received, which then are validated and uploaded.
As Penn State Harrisburg resumes instruction this fall in a mix of in-person, hybrid and remote instruction, students, faculty and staff at Penn State Harrisburg are reminded to take advantage of resources and review critical information.
