When Andrew Butch was forced to retire from the U.S. Army in 2017, he felt like the rug had been pulled out from under him. Now a graduate student earning his master’s degree in applied clinical psychology, Butch and others on campus are working to better connect student veterans with the resources and support they need.
More than two dozen Penn State Harrisburg faculty and staff members gathered Nov. 1 for military cultural competency training aimed at helping to create a more welcoming and supportive environment for veterans on campus.
The Penn State Harrisburg Office of Veterans Affairs will host an event to celebrate veterans at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, on Vartan Plaza. The event is free, open to the public, and will also be livestreamed.
Penn State students, faculty and staff with older versions of the id+ card are being asked to submit new photos ahead of re-carding events that will be held University-wide during the spring 2023 semester. There are multiple ways to submit a photo, and photos will be accepted from Nov. 7 through Nov. 23.
As part of a pilot program through Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications, Penn State Harrisburg is offering four grants ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 ($20,000 total) to full-time faculty and staff members working on news literacy projects.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its fall play, William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Nov. 2 to 5 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome professor and author Jelena Subotić on Wednesday, Oct. 26, for a virtual presentation on her latest book, “Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism.”
Penn State has launched a two-year pilot program, a news literacy initiative to enhance students’ appreciation and understanding of news literacy and to provide students, as well as residents across the commonwealth, with resources and support as they attempt to avoid misinformation and find quality news sources.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee will host mental health expert and YouTube creator Kati Morton on Thursday, Oct. 20, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
In acknowledgement of National Coming Out Day, Penn State Harrisburg Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host “Experiences through Storytelling” at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre.
