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Sales News 2023

Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration will hold its inaugural professional sales competition Oct. 13-14 in the Capital Union Building on campus.

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John M. Mason Jr., chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg and dean of the Capital College, will step down as chancellor and dean on Oct. 16, 2023. He will serve as a special adviser to the interim chancellor until his retirement in May 2024. 

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John M. Mason Jr., chancellor of Penn State Harrisburg and dean of the Capital College, will step down as chancellor and dean on Oct. 16, 2023. He will serve as a special adviser to the interim chancellor until his retirement in May 2024. 

Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, talks with students in a classroom

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Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, talks with students in her class about watching a virtual reality video set inside a prison. James said she was pleased to see the students make connections to past classroom discussions.

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Students in a criminal justice class at Penn State Harrisburg discuss what it was like to use virtual reality headsets to watch a video set inside a prison. Some said it felt immersive and more personal than a typical video.

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Students in a criminal justice class used virtual reality headsets to watch a video set inside a prison, then split into groups to discuss the experience. Shauntey James, assistant teaching professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, asked them to think about how the experience felt and what they noticed in the video.

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After using virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video set inside a prison, criminal justice students at Penn State Harrisburg were asked what they thought of the experience and how it felt. 

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After using virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video set inside a prison, criminal justice students were asked to reflect on the experience.