Diverse teams from across Penn State participated in this year’s national Summer Institute on Equity in the Academic Experience, June 5-7. Penn State fielded 24 teams from 16 Penn State campuses and units.
Raffy R. Luquis, a professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State Harrisburg, is working to find ways to reach Latino men and encourage their participation in preventative measures that could keep them healthy.
For a second year, Penn State faculty, staff and administrators from across the University and regional colleges and universities are invited to form teams for the Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience in June. Penn State Harrisburg will again this year serve as a regional hub for both Penn State and other regional institutions of higher education.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Teaching Excellence and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have created a new website that provides instructional resources and guidance for strengthening inclusion in the classroom and on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Student Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office in the Division of Student Affairs will host a Multicultural and Lavender Graduation Celebration at 3 p.m., Friday, May 5, in the Capital Union Building events room (CUB 210).
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will welcome Kyera Singleton to present the annual American studies lecture on Thursday, March 30, in the Gallery Lounge (W107), Olmsted Building on campus. Singleton, executive director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts, will present "All Who Dare to Be Free: Confronting the Legacies of Slavery in Museums."
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Jeffrey Herf to campus on Tuesday, March 28, in the Kulkarni Theatre, SEC Building on campus. The event is free and open to the public.
As the middle child of first-generation Pakistani immigrants, Shermeen Asif Muhammad has faced many trials and tribulations. But with her trust in Allah and the devotion of her parents, Muhammad has never shied away from pursuing her goals, especially now on her newest journey to becoming a nurse practitioner in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing.
Penn State University Libraries’ Madlyn L. Hanes Library at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome author–illustrator Laura Gao to campus for a speaking and book signing event on April 6. Gao's graphic memoir, “Messy Roots, A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American,” tells the story of Gao’s childhood, moving from Wuhan, China, to Texas and discovering her queer identity.
