Adam Gustafson, associate teaching professor of music in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, has taught classes on pop music and presented about Taylor Swift’s impact on the economy. Gustafson said we should think about Swift as more than a musician — she’s essentially the chief executive officer of a billion-dollar enterprise.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg is partnering with WITF to host a screening of “Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life,” a documentary that examines the Pittsburgh community response to hate after the deadliest antisemitic attack in the United States.
An alumnus of Penn State Harrisburg’s American studies program has established a scholarship to honor the professors who impacted him and to benefit future graduate students in the program.
Penn State Harrisburg hosted its spring 2024 commencement ceremony on May 4 to mark the Class of 2024’s completion of their academic experience and to recognize their many accomplishments.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the spring 2024 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will present its spring concert titled “The Sounds of Stage and Screen” at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 17 and 18, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies will welcome Holocaust survivor Ronnie Reutlinger Breslow at noon on April 11 via webinar. Breslow, born in Kircheim, Germany, will share how her stamp collection saved the lives of her and her mother as they tried to gain safe passage to the United States during the Holocaust.
