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The winning picture in the 2025 Penn State Today spring photo contest was submitted by Bethany Stitzer, an undergraduate student studying biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering. The submitted caption reads: "Spring blossoms surrounding Old Main on a quiet morning, April 17, 2025."

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Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the spring 2025 commencement ceremony. The students will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.

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The student marshals for Penn State Harrisburg's spring 2025 commencement ceremony are: (top, l-r) Mubeen Jawed, Sarah Shaub, Cristina Orozco, (bottom, l-r) Samuel Albright, Jie Lee and Omar Abdulqader.

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Photo story: OLLI Harrisburg kicks off new lifelong learning opportunities

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Penn State kicked off a new initiative to bring lifelong learning opportunities to the Harrisburg community during an event on May 1 at Penn State Harrisburg. During the event community members learned about the benefits of lifelong learning and about the array of OLLI Harrisburg courses that will be offered this May and June.