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.
Student Faaiq Rizwan's internship was unpaid, but through Penn State Harrisburg’s Career Center Internship Endowment, Rizwan received financial support — assistance that made the internship possible for him. The Career Center Internship Endowment comes from a gift from the John Crain Kunkel Foundation in 2019, which helped expand the college’s career services office.
On an alternative spring break trip to Cleveland, Penn State Harrisburg students worked with an organization that aims to strengthen neighborhoods. They helped with beautification projects and building repair projects, among other service. The trip was designed for international students.
Students who participated in an alternative spring break trip to the Dominican Republic worked with a nonprofit to help build outdoor learning space at a school, offer leadership workshops for students, paint murals and more.
On an alternative spring break trip to Costa Rica, Penn State Harrisburg students learned about caring for animals at a wildlife rehabilitation and conservation reserve, helped out at a sustainable family farm, and spent a day helping with cleaning and trail maintenance in the rainforest.
For some Penn State Harrisburg students, spring break meant doing some light construction work in Cleveland, Ohio; constructing outdoor learning space and teaching leadership skills at a school in the Dominican Republic; and learning to tend crops at a sustainable farm in Costa Rica.
