Two doctoral students in Penn State Harrisburg’s American studies program have received 2024 graduate student awards, prestigious university-wide recognition given by the Graduate School. Maria Rovito won the 2023-24 Alumni Association Dissertation Award, while Timothy D. Smith received the Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award.
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.
Forty Penn State graduate students were named recipients of Penn State’s most prestigious annual graduate student recognition awards, administered by the Graduate School in collaboration with several Penn State units.
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.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its American studies doctoral program with a symposium titled “American Studies in Public: Justice, Meaning, and Community Engagement” on Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery, Madlyn Hanes Library on campus.
Six Penn State faculty members have received 2024 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. They are Bonnie Collura, professor of art (sculpture) in the College of Arts and Architecture; Shaun Gabbidon, distinguished professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg; Enrique Gomez, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and by courtesy materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences; Katsuhiko Murakami, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Eberly College of Science; Mikael Rechtsman, professor of physics in the Eberly College of Science; and Tak-Sing Wong, professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering.
Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Kehuma Langmia, chair in the Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication, School of Communications, Howard University, on April 1 and 2.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities will present its spring musical, “Urinetown,” on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 3 to 5, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. The performances will take place in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center building at Penn State Harrisburg.
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.
