“Merleau-Ponty and the Face of the World: Silence, Ethics, Imagination, and Poetic Ontology,” a book by Glen A. Mazis, distinguished professor of philosophy and humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, has been chosen to be honored by a book session at the upcoming Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy’s annual conference.
Heather Hamilton, assistant teaching professor of English composition in the School of Humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, was awarded the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship in 2018 for her manuscript "Here is a Clearing." The Poetry Society of America will publish her book in June 2019.
The Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses has recognized three faculty members from across Penn State with the Jack P. Royer Active and Collaborative Learning Award.
Human-centered technology design and development is a creative approach to real-world interdisciplinary problem solving that is focused on developing applications of technology for people. Roderick Lee, associate professor of information systems in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration, has developed a course that enables information sciences and technology students to learn these concepts through immersion in real-world applications.
Students in a public relations campaign class in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Humanities developed creative ideas to inform the public about the work of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank.
For the first time, Penn State Harrisburg selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the spring 2019 commencement ceremony. The graduates bore the banners representing each academic school, and together with the faculty marshals led the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities media center student staff is spearheading a new model for student-driven media at the college. "INKED: Stories that Leave a Mark" is a new publication on campus.
