This weekend is all about manual labor, but only if you are on the Penn State University Harrisburg Campus. Incoming freshmen and their parents have been busily moving all belongings into their new rooms in the Village. There are 280 first-year students moving into on-campus housing this year. A total of 602 freshmen are from 37 Pennsylvania counties, 24 states, and 16 countries.
Two award-winning children’s book illustrators will give presentations at Penn State Harrisburg late this summer. Books by the illustrators will be available for purchase during the sessions. Both events are free and open to the public.
Forty-eight students from Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration have been inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honors society that recognizes students in the top 10 percent of baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
You might say that some people have politics in their blood. Literally. A new book, co-edited by Dr. Steven Peterson, director of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, examines research on how biological factors can influence political behavior.
Autumn Proctor, a Junior enrolled in the Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Concentration, is the recipient of the Donna Gail Shaw scholarship sponsored by Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education. She is the third undergraduate student in the history of the college's KDP Sigma Alpha Chapter to receive a scholarship from the organization.
When it comes to building a personal financial portfolio, “diversify, diversify, diversify” is a common mantra. According to research by Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Management Lu Zhang, the same mantra is good advice when it comes to building a corporate board of directors.
Penn State Harrisburg basketball forward Kenton Alston (Steelton, Pa./Steelton-Highspire) was highlighted in Sports Illustrated’s July 4 “Faces in the Crowd” column.
Accolades keep coming for Penn State Harrisburg softball player Kara Boyd (Alexandria, PA/Juniata Valley).
Boyd has been named the 2011 NCAA Division III Statistical Champion for triples per game (.27), making her the first Penn State Harrisburg athlete to earn such a title. She also was named the North Eastern Athletic Conference softball Player of the Year and made the all-conference first team as a pitcher and outfielder.
Long-time Penn State Harrisburg champion, Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer Kurt Moses was named an honorary alumnus by the Penn State Alumni Association at a recognition ceremony June 3 at University Park.
