Heidi Haas, assistant teaching professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State Harrisburg, works with children through a program called Speech Links to Literacy, an outreach effort she runs in partnership with Dauphin County Libraries. During the spring semester, two recent Penn State graduates who studied communication sciences and disorders gained hands-on experience in the field through the program.
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.
More than 70 faculty and staff members at Penn State Harrisburg participated in a challenge during the spring semester to promote healthier living, a program offered for the first time through a partnership between the campus’ Center for Fitness and Wellness and the center’s longtime supporter, the Ackroyd Family Foundation.
Best-selling children’s book author Kate Messner recently visited Penn State Harrisburg, sharing tips and inspiration with future teachers about how to inspire lifelong reading through writing and sharing nonfiction for kids.
A group of 17 academic leaders from across Penn State recently completed the 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program — an experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness and support ongoing professional growth.
Two Penn State Harrisburg undergraduate students are passionate about research — and about making sure their peers know that research can be an option for them, too.
Raffy R. Luquis, interim director of the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education and professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State Harrisburg, will be awarded the Distinguished Fellow Award from the Society for Public Health Education during the organization’s annual conference in April.
Bestselling and award-winning children’s author Kate Messner will visit Penn State Harrisburg on March 17 to lecture on how to inspire lifelong reading through writing and sharing nonfiction for kids. Messner will present two sessions — an afternoon session for teachers and educators and an evening session for the general public — at Madlyn L. Hanes Library, Penn State Harrisburg.
In fall 2024, three Penn State Harrisburg students were named Noyce Scholars through a program that aims to address the critical need for secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts.
