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Students in a criminal justice class recently used virtual reality headsets to watch a VR video that gave them an inside look at a prison.

Sarah Kettell, programmer/analyst with the Center for Teaching Excellence at Penn State Harrisburg, points at a screen showing a diagram of virtual reality controllers.

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Sarah Kettell, programmer/analyst with the Center for Teaching Excellence at Penn State Harrisburg, helps students in a criminal justice class learn to use virtual reality headsets.

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Two criminal justice classes at Penn State Harrisburg recently used virtual reality headsets to help them experience what it might be like inside a prison. Using virtual reality gives the students a more immersive experience and exposes them to technology they might encounter outside of the classroom.

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Students in a criminal justice class use virtual reality headsets to watch a video that takes them inside a prison. Some students said they found the experience to be immersive and offer a different perspective than a typical video. 

Headshot photo of Shirley Clark, acting director of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology

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Shirley Clark, acting director of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, has taken on the role of president of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, part of the American Society of Civil Engineers, effective Oct. 1.

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Job openings for positions like information security analysts are projected to grow more than 30% faster than average over the next decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Penn State World Campus offers a comprehensive selection of graduate degree programs in homeland security that have been designed to help professionals meet the demand to serve and protect others.