Michele Nestor, president of Nestor Resources, Inc., has been elected chair of the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) board of directors for the 2010-2011 term.
Nestor succeeds Jim Shillenn, executive director of the Industrial Modernization Center.
There is increasing awareness that our everyday decisions have an impact on the environment and on people. This impact is often unseen and its cost (or benefit) unknown. News about electronic waste ending up in developing countries or the impact on drinking water from gas exploration makes us aware that our decisions impact people’s health and not just the environment. How can we improve people’s lives while at the same time protecting resources?
Heather Leed Neary’s rapid ascent in the business world has earned her a prestigious Penn State recognition.
A 2009 Penn State Harrisburg MBA graduate and the chief marketing officer for Auntie Anne’s, the world’s largest franchiser of hand-rolled soft pretzels, Neary is a 2010 winner of the Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Achievement Award.
Hummelstown resident Kelsey Kerr has capped her award-winning academic career at Penn State Harrisburg with another prestigious University honor.
A senior Information Sciences and Technology major who will graduate in May, Kerr has been named only the sixth Penn State Harrisburg undergraduate to win the Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award. Named for Penn State’s 10th president, the award recognizes high scholastic attainment and good citizenship and leadership in student activities.
In the largest regional competition of its type in a seven-state area, Penn State Harrisburg electrical engineering students have walked away with top honors.
Held in concert with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Student Activities Conference at Temple University, the competitions involved 22 colleges and universities. Penn State Harrisburg electrical engineering and electrical engineering technology students earned first, second and third places.
Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Rob McCord will deliver the keynote address at Penn State Harrisburg’s spring commencement Saturday, May 15. More than 500 undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred during the 9:30 a.m. ceremonies in the Giant Center, Hershey.
Chair of Penn State Harrisburg’s Board of Advisers Christine Sears has been promoted to executive vice president and COO of Penn National Insurance.
A 1977 Penn State Harrisburg graduate with a degree in business, Sears had served as the Harrisburg-based Penn National Insurance executive vice president and CEO since 2007.
Thirty-six undergraduate and graduate students in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration have achieved excellence in their studies and earned membership invitations to Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor society.
