News

A leading figure in the racial justice movement over the last 20 years, Rinku Sen delivered a powerful message during her recent lecture on campus February 22.  She urged the audience to help “stop the anti-immigration hate machine” in our country.  Kicking-off the college’s 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Lecture Series, Sen’s message addressed the series topic, “A Socio-cultural Awakening: Rise Up!”

E.P. McKnight will bring her acclaimed Broadway-style one-woman play “I Question America: A Legacy of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer” to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, March 22 at 12:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.

The play follows the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Civil Rights Movement leader who stood up against racism and the inequalities of her time.

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to sample Tajik traditional cuisine and learn about Tajikistan, its people and traditions March 14, at 12:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.

For its 13th Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at Penn State Harrisburg, PenOwl Productions presents The Dinner Guest, a new twist on the classic play Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, rescheduled due to inclement weather for Monday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Capital Union Building Student Center.  The event is free and open to the public.

Ruth Ellen Gruber will visit Penn State Harrisburg March 21 to discuss Jewish life in Eastern Europe today.  The lecture will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery, Library.  Gruber’s exhibit, Remnants and Renaissance: Photographs by Ruth Ellen Gruber of Europe’s Jewish Heartland will be on display through May 1 in the college library’s Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room.  

Dr. Lance Watson echoed the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. during a recent presentation at Penn State Harrisburg, advocating for equality, peace, and for Americans to come together.

Watson’s March 1 presentation was part of the Penn State Harrisburg 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Lecture Series. The senior pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., Watson addressed the series topic, “A Socio-cultural Awakening: Rise Up!”

Filmmaker and director Lisa Gossels had her work cut out for her when she decided to film her second documentary, “My So-Called Enemy,” an endeavor that would span eight years.

Ilecia Buckner gave a clear message to students attending her presentation – “give what you have learned to someone else; it can save lives.”

The Penn State Harrisburg Nittany Lions men’s basketball team battled in a close North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championship game Sunday, Feb. 27, losing in overtime to Wells College, 72-75, to end the season.

Attention world travelers, international students, and amateur photographers! 

The International and Intercultural Photography Contest is looking for your best photos of other countries and cultures in four categories – people, scenic, urban life, and wildlife and nature – to help foster greater understanding of the world’s nations and people.