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’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.
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.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Public Affairs will host the America250PA Countdown to 250 Mobile Experiential Unit on campus Sept. 17, in recognition of Constitution Day.
Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, is channeling her work in the criminal justice field into a new arena — writing mystery novels.
Students studying criminal justice with Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, turned to an alternative medium — podcasts — to share the research they conducted in class this spring, helping them build additional marketable skills while engaging a broader audience with their findings.
Penn State Harrisburg hosted its spring 2025 commencement ceremony on May 10 to mark the graduates of the class of 2025’s completion of their academic experience and to recognize their many accomplishments.
