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 will host psychologist Richard Tedeschi for a talk on posttraumatic growth from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre on campus.
Twenty Penn State Harrisburg students were recently inducted into the campus chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, a prestigious national honor society for educators.
Tara McCarty, a Penn State alumna turned Penn State Harrisburg faculty member, is working to help improve communication solutions for children with a brain-based visual impairment.
Maria Turkson, associate teaching professor of psychology at Penn State Harrisburg, will lead a panel of experts in a discussion about domestic violence prevention from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Olmsted Building, Room C213. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced the appointment of two new school directors. Raffy Luquis will lead the college’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, and Amber Stephenson will head the School of Business Administration. The two were selected following national searches.
Four teams of faculty from Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State College of Medicine have been awarded planning and seed grants in the second year of funding through the Penn State Inter-Campus Health and Medicine Research Program.
