Children’s author and poet Janet Wong will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 16. Wong will present workshops on writing and teaching poetry at 9 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. in the Hanes Library’s Morrison Gallery on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Research and Outreach will host Research and Discovery Day on Wednesday, April 10. This event intends to showcase current areas of research and scholarly activities at the college.
There are many ways Penn State Harrisburg faculty, staff and students are reaching out to encourage and inspire the next generation of STEM students — directly and through their teachers.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, and David Witwer, professor of American studies and history, School of Humanities, have been named distinguished professors by the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. They are among 13 distinguished professors named in 2024.
Penn State Harrisburg has named six graduates to represent each academic school and graduate studies as student marshals for the fall 2023 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the commencement processional.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg, went to Turkey as a Fulbright Senior Scholar for the 2022-23 academic year to teach, conduct and present research, and complete a book related to multicultural competency. A devastating earthquake that hit the country and affected 11 states delayed her plans and caused her to pivot to using her clinical expertise as a counseling psychologist to assist her students and members of the community in the aftermath.
Penn State Harrisburg will welcome 105 high school students from local high-need school districts for the Aspire 2 Teach conference on Monday, Nov. 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on campus.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Penn State Harrisburg School of Behavioral Sciences and Education will host a multi-speaker event to promote awareness of domestic violence from a trauma-informed perspective from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 27. The event will take place in Room C213 in the Olmsted Building on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg recently announced the winners of its People to Watch Awards, graduates from each of the college’s schools who have made a significant contribution to the betterment of society through their personal and professional endeavors.
