Penn State Harrisburg alums Doug Knull and Evelyn Toro Knull donated a bronze bust of Oliver LaGrone, an African American sculptor, poet and educator, that was sculpted by Ruth Fackler Sourbeer, an artist and Doug Knull’s grandmother. The bust is now on display in the Oliver LaGrone Cultural Arts Center, in the college’s Olmsted Building.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will present two webinar events in April, featuring speakers Shira Klein on April 7 and Elizabeth R. Baer on April 16.
Anthony Bak Buccitelli, interim assistant dean for graduate programs and associate professor of American studies and communication at Penn State Harrisburg, will co-edit a newly launched book series on ethnology and folklore.
Student research on African Americans who played roles in the American Revolution will be on display throughout Black History Month on the Penn State Harrisburg campus, wrapping up a project that has spanned several semesters and groups of students.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies will host Julie R. Ancis at noon on Friday, Feb. 7, via webinar. She will discuss her analysis of antisemitism in psychological organizations.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, the Kulkarni Cultural Arts Series, and Sankofa African American Theatre Company will present “The Call of the Crusades,” an original play written by award-winning playwright Sharia Benn. Penn State Harrisburg students also assisted with the writing of the play and will contribute to the cast.
Penn State Harrisburg hosted its fall 2024 commencement ceremony on Dec. 21 to mark the graduates of 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 fall 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 offers American Sign Language I and II, and interest in the classes is expected to increase as the college’s communication sciences and disorders program, which began in 2020, grows.
