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A group of Penn State Harrisburg students and staff members attended the 2023 Summer Leadership Conference held at Penn State Behrend, where they participated in activities aimed at enhancing their leadership, citizenship, and networking skills.

Photo of Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin holding award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section

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Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin hold the 2023 Capstone Award they received from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section. The pair received the award for their work on a radio telescope control system.

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Zachary Martin and Aaron Olsen — who each earned bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering in May and are now Penn State Harrisburg graduate students — were recognized with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section’s Capstone Award for 2023 for their development of a radio telescope control system that could help future students explore the stars.

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Aaron Olsen, shown here working on a radio telescope control system, and Zachary Martin won the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section’s Capstone Award for their radio telescope control system project.

Photo of Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin holding award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section

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Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin hold the 2023 Capstone Award they received from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section. The pair received the award for their work on a radio telescope control system.

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Harrisburg People to Watch

Penn State Harrisburg recently announced the winners of its People to Watch Awards. Pictured from left to right are: Gibran Jones, Jeffery Swinehart, Emilia Yang, Larry Asu and Ariel Gardner.

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Harrisburg Alumni Award winners

Penn State Harrisburg recently announced the recipients of the annual Alumni Achievement Awards. Pictured left to right are: Douglas Charney, Kesha Morant Williams, and Dennis Hodgson. (Not pictured are John Lucey and Rebecca Pringle.)