Raffy Luquis, associate professor of health education in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, was recently elected to serve a three-year term as president-elect, president, and past-president of the board of trustees of the Society for Public Health Education.
The "Life Unites Us" campaign, an evidence-based approach to reducing the stigma of opioid use disorder, has announced findings from its first year. Penn State Harrisburg's Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research is one of the partners in the project.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the fall 2021 commencement ceremony. The graduates 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’s Capital Area Institute for Mathematics and Science, the college’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, the Penn State College of Medicine, and two local high schools have partnered on national initiative ‘Go Baby Go,’ a program that provides modified ride-on cars to young children with disabilities so they can move around more independently.
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.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology, received the Excellent Contribution Award and the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association for her global contribution to the counseling psychology field.
Rebecca Weiler-Timmins, associate teaching professor of kinesiology in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, has been named Penn State Harrisburg’s faculty athletic representative, serving as as a liaison between the college and the athletics department, assisting student-athletes in balancing their athletics and academics, and representing Penn State Harrisburg in conference and NCAA affairs.
Candace Hogue, assistant professor of kinesiology at Penn State Harrisburg, was awarded the Dorothy V. Harris Memorial Award by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
