To honor the memory of Mindy Sue Nese, who died in 2015, a foundation tied to her longtime employer has created a scholarship in her name at Penn State Harrisburg. The Mindy Sue Nese Memorial Scholarship benefits students from Dauphin County enrolled at the campus.
Scheduled to be held Dec. 11–13 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, the 25th annual Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference will bring together experts in industry and academia to discuss some of the most important issues in transportation.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its 2019 fall commencement at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Heather Neary, president of Auntie Anne’s, the world’s largest soft-pretzel franchise firm, will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony.
The School of Science, Engineering, and Technology at Penn State Harrisburg has established an advisory board, which includes leaders in business, industry, and academe, many of whom are also alumni of the school.
Penn State Harrisburg will highlight its master of engineering in environmental engineering graduate program during an online open house on Tuesday, December 3, from noon to 1 p.m.
Jesse Middaugh, assistant teaching professor of information sciences and technology in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration, was recently named the College of Information Sciences and Technology Statewide Faculty Member of the Year.
The newest class of sheriff deputies will graduate from the Pennsylvania Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Education and Training Program, which the Penn State Justice and Safety Institute administers, on Friday, Nov. 22.
The Penn State Harrisburg library invited students, faculty, and staff to tell a story about games this fall for the short writing contest, “For the Love of the Game.” Two students and two faculty members received wins and honorable mentions in the contest.
Penn State Harrisburg men’s soccer won its first North Eastern Athletic Conference Championship by defeating Keuka College 3-2 in double overtime. For the first time in program history, the team will compete in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship Tournament.
Penn State Harrisburg graduate students in environmental pollution control Rizki Prasetyaningtyas and Saskia Putri have been eating lots of bananas and oranges. All this fruit consumption has a purpose. The students are testing whether fruit peels can be used to remove heavy metals from wastewater coming from textile mills like the ones in their native country Indonesia.
