Penn State Harrisburg’s Kulkarni Cultural Series has announced scheduled fall performances by PHILADANCO!, the Philadelphia Dance Company; and the Martha Redbone Roots Project.
Events continue through October as Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, observed each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. This year's overall theme is “Unidos en la Diversidad: Celebrating our Roots and Honoring our Heritage."
Nick Spohn, who will graduate at the spring 2024 commencement ceremony at Penn State Harrisburg with a bachelor of science degree in project and supply chain management, said that due to his blindness, his college experience was challenging. But that didn’t stop him from achieving his academic goals.
Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, is among six Penn State faculty members to receive the 2024 Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement.
In an effort to promote and increase awareness, acceptance, inclusion and accessibility on campus, Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Student Disabilities will host Disability Awareness Week, March 18 to 22.
Maggie Kutz, a student in Penn State Harrisburg’s career studies program who has Down syndrome, is breaking barriers by participating on the college’s field hockey team and showing what inclusion on a college campus can look like along the way.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will offer events in honor of National Women’s History Month in March. The theme this year is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion."
Penn State Harrisburg’s Kulkarni Cultural Series will welcome the world-class contemporary taiko group, San Jose Taiko, for a brief artists’ residency Tuesday, Feb. 27, through Thursday, Feb. 29.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies will welcome historian Rachel Einwohner at noon on Thursday, Feb. 22, via webinar. She will present “Hope and Honor: Jewish Resistance in the Ghettos of Warsaw, Vilna, and Łódź.”
