Entrepreneurs across the University will pitch their business ideas and create inventive solutions to common problems through a series of competitions and challenges held during Penn State Startup Week from April 1-5. The challenges are at the heart of Startup Week’s mission of teaching and inspiring participants to make innovation a part of their lives, communities and careers, either by starting their own companies or bringing a problem-solving approach to established organizations.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities’ theatre program will present the spring musical “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at 7:30 p.m. April 4-6 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will welcome Gloria Kondrup to campus on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. in Room 103 of the Educational Activities Building for a Society of Design presentation. "FEMINAE, Typographic Voices: of Women, by Women," is a presentation of political posters from the archives of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Elizabeth C. Strauss, assistant professor of history at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, at noon on March 28 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center. Strauss will present “And Tomorrow Death Will Come: Individual and Collective Aging in the Łódź Ghetto, 1939-1944.”
Penn State Harrisburg students and recent graduates will receive a discount on professional attire, including blazers, dress pants, dress shoes, dresses, and more (including sale and clearance items) at the Suit Up event.
In November 2018, Penn State Harrisburg Student Government Association President Justin Jones developed “It’s Bigger Than You,” a student-led service initiative that challenges student clubs and organizations on Penn State campuses to perform at least one community service event every month for the remainder of the academic year.
The Penn State Harrisburg Student Government Association will host a 5K charity run, “It’s Bigger Than You: The 5K – A Run for a Purpose,” from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday April 7, on campus. Proceeds will go to the WE cARE food pantry and No Kid Hungry.
Members of the Penn State Harrisburg Student Government Association and the Latino Club, along with staff from the Penn State Harrisburg Office of Student Engagement, built a home with Habitat for Humanity.
