Penn State Harrisburg hosted its fall 2025 commencement ceremony on Dec. 20 to mark the graduates of the class of 2025’s completion of their academic experience and to recognize their accomplishments.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, in partnership with the Sankofa African American Theatre Company, will present two performances of its annual Martin Luther King Day play. This year’s production, "The Artistry and Activism of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper," explores the life and legacy of the influential 19th-century writer, abolitionist and activist.
Penn State’s research enterprise exceeded $1.44 billion in research expenditures in fiscal year 2024-25 — marking another year of record University-wide growth — and Penn State Harrisburg made crucial contributions to that momentum. Building on the strength of the University’s expanding research impact, the college reached its own record levels of productivity this year, contributing $9.8 million in research expenditures, a 32% increase over the previous year.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2025 commencement ceremony. The students will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, interim assistant dean for graduate programs and associate professor of American studies and communications at Penn State Harrisburg, has been named a fellow of the American Folklore Society.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will present its fall concert titled “Global Sounds: Music from Around the World” at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its fall play, “Radium Girls,” Nov. 5-8, including a post-show talkback after the Nov. 6 performance, hosted by the school and the new Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Hub.
The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society honored recipients of the annual Alumni Achievement Awards and the People to Watch Awards at a ceremony on Oct. 9.
Penn State Harrisburg student Bryna Brinkman is the first student to have artwork displayed in the chancellor’s hallway in the Olmsted Building through the new Humanities Art Connect Initiative launched by the college’s School of Humanities.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced a new initiative with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to offer a 15% tuition discount on in-person and online graduate school programs at the college to all Commonwealth employees and their eligible family members.
