An addition to Penn State Harrisburg’s MBA program will help accounting professionals meet new certified public accountant (CPA) education requirements that became effective in Jan. 2012. A new track within the program will permit students to simultaneously take course work to earn the M.B.A. and to meet the education requirements to become certified and licensed as a CPA in Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Dutch, an American Studies doctoral candidate, has received a $5,000 Alumni Association Dissertation Award from Penn State’s Graduate School for the spring 2012 semester for her dissertation “Someone’s In the Kitchen: The Value of Home Cooking Traditions in the Twenty-First Century.”
Dutch, of Hershey, is the first Penn State Harrisburg student to receive the award. She was recognized by the Graduate School Alumni Society on Saturday, March 24.
Penn State Harrisburg has been notified that all of its Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) master’s program graduates who took the 2010-11 Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) national exam passed on their first attempt. The 100 percent passing rate surpasses the national average of 78 percent for first-time test takers.
To celebrate the shared commitment of blacks and Jews to freedom from slavery and oppression, Penn State Harrisburg will host its second freedom seder, Wednesday, April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Special Events Room.
Penn State Harrisburg student and faculty authors discussed their works at the college’s annual Publishing Celebration on March 15. The event honors those who have published a book during the past year, highlighting texts ranging from local history, to children’s education, to political interests. View a Flickr slideshow of the event.
Dr. Virginia Parkum, researcher, artist, poet and teacher, will present her exhibit, "As We Remember: A Journey through the Holocaust and Its Aftermath in Paintings and Poetry," on Tuesday, April 3 in the Penn State Harrisburg Library. The event is free and open to the public.
Thirty-five Penn State Harrisburg computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and information sciences and technology students recently applied the skills they developed in class to solve complex computer programming problems during the college’s annual Programming Competition.
A Penn State Harrisburg tradition, the International Film Festival, March 22–31, this year will feature seven films from around the world, including three that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. All films start at 7:00 p.m. and will be shown in the Olmsted Building’s Kunkle Auditorium, Room 213C. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
Musician and playwright Claudia Stevens will present the original musical drama “An Evening with Madame F” at Penn State Harrisburg, Wednesday, March 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Auditorium.
