Shigeko Sasamori, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, will speak at noon Nov. 14, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre in the Student Enrichment Center on campus. She will be joined by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, to present "Tales of a Hiroshima Maiden: Navigating Peace with Shigeko Sasamori and Clifton Truman." The event is free and open to the public.
Baseball is an American tradition, with origins that date back to before the American Civil War. As the Washington Nationals celebrate a historic World Series win, a group of speakers at a recent Penn State Harrisburg symposium, titled "Athletes in Action: A Symposium About Diversity in Early American Baseball and Nittany Lion Lettermen's Contributes to the Great War," discussed how the history of baseball is deeply entwined in the history of America.
The Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration has announced John Hubley as the school’s first sales executive-in-residence. Hubley has over 25 years of experience in corporate health care sales and marketing.
Derreck Kayongo, a successful entrepreneur, former CEO, and renowned human rights activist, will visit Penn State Harrisburg at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre (SEC Building) to present his journey of survival, social entrepreneurship, and humanitarianism.
This year’s Penn State Harrisburg Reads book is “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. In keeping with the book’s themes of justice and mercy, the program will host a panel discussion on Thursday, November 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Olmsted Gallery Lounge (W107) that will explore the long-term effects of parental incarceration on children.
William Doan, Penn State Laureate for the 2019-20 academic year, will present his work titled “The Anxiety Project,” at Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium (C213).
Leaders from business, industry and government from around the state gathered at Penn State Harrisburg on Oct. 25 to discuss innovation and the Pennsylvania economy. The event, “The State of Innovation: Generating Ideas to Grow,” brought stakeholders to the campus to talk about developing a state-wide innovation strategy and increasing investment in innovation in an effort to revitalize Pennsylvania’s innovation economy.
Carolyn Griess, assistant teaching professor in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, wants more people to know what to do in youth mental health crises. She is teaching a one credit course titled "Youth Mental Health First Aid."
Officials from Penn State, chambers of commerce and trade associations, along with business and civic leaders from across the state, will meet at Penn State Harrisburg from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, to discuss the economic challenges facing Pennsylvania, and to help generate ideas to drive innovation and prosperity across the commonwealth.
Beverley Driver Eddy, professor emerita of German at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will visit Penn State Harrisburg at noon on Oct. 29 in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge (room W107) to present a lecture on American soldiers trained at Gettysburg during World War II.
