Penn State Harrisburg students Kiet Le and Hannah Odom have been named the college’s first Noyce Scholars through a new program that aims to address the critical need for secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced the recipients of the college’s annual Alumni Achievement Awards. One graduate from each of the college’s five academic schools earned the accolade thanks to their outstanding professional accomplishments.
The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society 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.
Penn State Harrisburg professor Raffy R. Luquis was named to the 2022 POWER 100 Who’s Who in Latino Pennsylvania list, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Latino Convention.
Many international medical professionals have come to the U.S. and found an opportunity to continue to practice medicine in their new country through Penn State Harrisburg’s Second Degree Nursing Program.
Award-winning journalist and author Amy Goodman will present “Democracy in Crisis: The Power of Independent Journalism,” on Wednesday, Oct. 5, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg.
Penn State Harrisburg professor Stephanie Winkeljohn Black has joined a new initiative to help therapists-in-training develop religious and spiritual competencies with their clients.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a new student convocation on Sunday, Aug. 21 in the Capital Union Building (CUB) gym. Convocation is the first event of the new academic year and serves as the ceremonial start for all incoming first-year students, marking their formal entry into the life and traditions of Penn State University.
Tyler S. Love, assistant professor of elementary/middle grades STEM education and director of the Capital Area Institute for Mathematics and Science, and Reuben Selase Asempapa, assistant professor of mathematics education, recently won the Outstanding Research Award from The Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education for their article “Teaching Math Modeling through 3D-Printing: Examining the Influence of an Integrative Professional Development.”
Patricia Aguilera, assistant teaching professor in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg, never intended to leave her home country of Mexico to live, learn and work in the United States. “It was more of a coincidence,” she recalled. A decade later, she's helping fellow international students find their place at Penn State, just as she did.
