Dr. Holly Angelique, associate professor of community psychology and social change, and Boris Hines, graduate research assistant, will discuss leadership styles exhibited in the aftermath of the Three Mile Island accident, Wednesday, Feb. 13 at noon in the Gallery Lounge, Olmsted Building.
Students from 18 area schools met at Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building for the region's annual MATHCOUNTS competition Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Stefan Sagmeister, internationally known graphic designer and typographer, will present “Design and Happiness” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Penn State Harrisburg Student Center as part of the college’s Martin Luther King, Jr. 2013 Commemoration Lecture Series.
Senior projects for Penn State Harrisburg engineering students have been a long-standing tradition, said Dr. Rick Ciocci, associate professor of mechanical engineering.
The projects are an opportunity for students to apply everything they’ve learned and to transfer into the job market, he noted.
It could be argued that mechanical engineering technology graduate Steven Georges started planning his senior-year project when he was a child. The goal was for Georges, who has cerebral palsy, to drive a manual-transmission car with only his hands.
On his first day of kindergarten, Georges realized he was different.
“Obviously everyone else was not in a wheelchair,” says the 24-year-old who graduated in August.
Advanced Graphic Design students tackled hundreds of pounds of cardboard as part of a class project that ended up getting them an invitation to display their work at Lincoln Center in New York.
Students thought Craig Welsh was crazy.
“That was our literal thought,” said senior Marques Paige with a laugh. “It was more about what we would be using that made us think, ‘Is he serious?’”
A faculty panel explored pressing government issues including the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling at Penn State Harrisburg, on Feb. 6 in the Gallery Lounge (W-107 Olmsted Building).
Mary Napoli, associate professor of literacy education, has been selected to serve a second term on the committee that chooses the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her second three-year term runs through 2015.
Two graphic design projects directed by Craig Welsh, assistant professor of communications and humanities, have been named winners in the Type Directors Club’s (TDC) annual type-design competition.
!["Your Onederful World Contest" submission by Penn State Harrisburg's advanced graphic design class](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/onederful_world.jpg?itok=AdLxff99 ""Your Onederful World Contest" submission by Penn State Harrisburg's advanced graphic design class")
