Faculty in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities and the Department of Otolaryngology, Head-Neck Surgery at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine have established a Communication Sciences and Disorders Advisory Board.
Yonatan Tewelde, assistant teaching professor of media production and broadcast in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, received the 2021 Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award at the annual Broadcast Education Association’s International Conference and Awards Ceremony in April.
Shara McCallum, liberal arts professor of English in the College of the Liberal Arts and 2021-22 Penn State Laureate, will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Madlyn Levine Hanes Library Morrison Gallery.
The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will host Marion Kaplan on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at noon. Kaplan will discuss her book “Hitler’s Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal.”
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities and School of Public Affairs will host a Constitution Day webinar beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 17 with lectures from academics including Jay Dow, professor of political science and Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy Faculty Fellow of the University of Missouri.
“Hear Me Ohio” by Jen Hirt, associate professor of creative writing and composition, won "silver" in the adult nonfiction essay category of the 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year contest.
Six Penn State Harrisburg students received University Libraries research awards and two received research award honorable mentions as part of the recent Penn State Harrisburg Library virtual Research Poster Exhibition. Fifteen students participated in the event.
Penn State Harrisburg recently recognized outstanding employee contributions at the virtual 2021 Faculty and Staff Recognition Program. Nominated by the college community and selected by various award committees, several faculty and staff members received awards.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced that three alumni will serve as keynote speakers for the spring 2021 commencement ceremonies being held May 6 and 7.
