To say that Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller, ’01 MPA, is driven is an understatement. He decided around junior high age to be a state trooper and centered his life around that. He took Latin in school because he knew that was the root of the law.
Mechanicsburg resident Alexander Guk’s rapid ascent in the business world has earned him a prestigious Penn State recognition.
The vice president of technology for the Harrisburg-based Webclients Internet firm, Guk recently received the Alumni Achievement Award from the Penn State Alumni Association during ceremonies in University Park.
The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) has asked a research team at Penn State Harrisburg to develop and implement a plan to explore issues related to current and projected participation in long-term care services.
Two community and business leaders, Harry I. Yaverbaum and K.D. Patel, have been appointed to the Penn State Harrisburg Board of Advisers.
Yaverbaum, a Certified Public Accountant, has nearly 38 years of experience in the profession with local, regional, and national accounting firms and 12 years of experience as Pennsylvania deputy auditor general during which he supervised the first state-wide audit of the Commonwealth.
George R. Zoffinger, one of Penn State Harrisburg’s most distinguished graduates, will deliver the keynote address at the college’s May 19 commencement ceremonies at the Giant Center in Hershey.
This summer, you can learn about the arts and decorative arts of Pennsylvania, take a grand tour of Lancaster County, and even study the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through study tours offered by the college’s Office of Continuing Education.
The study tours are offered on credit and noncredit bases and are led by experts in their respective fields.
The recent college-sponsored study tour to Rome not only featured stops at many of the Eternal City’s tourist spots, but a week-long emersion into the culture and language of Italy.
Thirty-two students took advantage of the trip organized by the Penn State Harrisburg Honors Program. They were accompanied by two assistants and three faculty and staff. Students ranged from freshman to seniors and from 18 to 40 years of age.
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg honored 102 outstanding students at its 2007 Student Awards Convocation. Students honored and their places of residence include:
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Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology
Karen Gibson, Camp Hill
Outstanding Psychology Student Award
Terri L. Bowling, Lancaster
Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology undergraduate students from Penn State Harrisburg walked away with a third place award in the annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 2 Student Activities Conference at the University of Cincinnati April 13 to 15.
Penn State Harrisburg junior Brighid Wood’s touching online video tribute of condolences from colleges and universities nationwide to the Virginia Tech community is attracting national attention.