Currents - Winter/Spring 2014

Features

Telling the Story of Their Lives

Anthony Sedun, a 2009 graduate of Penn State Harrisburg’s Teaching and Curriculum master’s degree program, is using storytelling and the personal narrative to help students in his eighth grade summer school English class not only transition to the ninth grade, but make valuable gains in their personal lives, with their families, and in their communities, all while telling the stories of their lives.

London Calling

A group of Penn State Harrisburg finance majors was able to get a rare look inside Lloyd’s during the college’s most recent international study tour to London in March. Their visit was possible through a connection with Lloyd’s that was made by Penn State Harrisburg alumna Christine Sears.

Breaking Tradition

After many years in construction, in 2011, McHenry returned to college to further her career. This fall her twin sons, Dietrik and Michael Ferster, began their studies at Penn State Harrisburg, too.

News

• Alum's gift honors faculty, American studies program

• Bachnak named director, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology

• Rainn Wilson: actor, philosopher, nerd

• TE Connectivity enhances engineering education

• Haddad’s latest book is an adventurous detail of the first meeting between China and America

• High school students learn cutting-edge STEM research on campus

• Jane Leipold named University Alumni Fellow

• About the Artist

• College honors Alumni Achievement Award winners

Around Campus

• Penn State Harrisburg Chef David Cramer was one of eight Penn State chefs to win a culinary competition at the 2013 Chef Culinary Conference. 

• In September, students Larry Asu and Brandon Sik met with Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib to talk about their Penn State Harrisburg experiences.

• Penn State Harrisburg enrollment hit a new record this fall – 4,441 students. After Convocation ceremonies in August, new students posed for a class photo.

• Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist and speaker José Galvez discussed his craft during a September visit to campus.

• Distinguished American legal historian Richard B. Bernstein discussed his book, Reconsidering the Founders as part of a Constitution Day recognition.

• Every fall, Penn State Harrisburg events support RAINN Day, an annual campaign of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network to raise awareness and fight against sexual violence on college campuses.

Sports Highlights

• This fall, the college joined the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), recognized as one of the most competitive NCAA Division III conferences in the country.

• The college announced that the new indoor and outdoor track and field programs will begin competing in 2014-15.

• This fall, Danielle Lynch began as head coach for the men’s and women’s cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field teams. Lynch is the first men’s and women’s track and field head coach at Penn State Harrisburg. She previously served as an assistant for eight years at Bucknell University.

• Don Friday joined the college as the men’s head basketball coach. Prior to joining Penn State Harrisburg, Friday served as the head coach at Division I Saint Francis University.

• To support our student-athletes, the college hosted its fourth annual Penn State Harrisburg Golf Tournament in September. “Thanks to donors’ philanthropy, nearly $51,000 was raised for the athletic program,” said Rahsaan Carlton, Penn State Harrisburg athletic director. “The golf tournament serves as a critical fundraising step for the college to transform its vision for our athletics program into a reality. The college strives to provide more facilities and programs that will enable student-athletes to reach the highest levels of individual and team achievement.”

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