Beginning Monday, Aug. 27, O Street, which runs in front of the campus Capital Union Building, will close.
The closure will coincide with the replacement of campus heating lines. The road will remain closed until the construction is completed – currently projected for October. The handicapped parking spaces adjacent to the Capital Union Building and the sidewalk will remain open during the project.
Dr. Maya Angelou, celebrated poet, educator, and civil rights activist, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Forum in Harrisburg, Pa. as part of Penn State Harrisburg’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Lecture Series. Available Aug. 30, free tickets are required to see Angelou, and can be found at Eventbrite.
Penn State Harrisburg has received a leadership gift commitment of $1 million from Russell E. Horn Sr., a 1933 Penn State graduate in engineering, to support the construction of a student enrichment center on the Harrisburg campus. The new facility will centralize and enhance a variety of crucial student services.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education notified Penn State President Rodney Erickson on Aug. 8 that it has issued the University an accreditation warning based on information contained in the Freeh Report and the binding consent decree with the NCAA. The commission also stressed that Penn State’s accreditation remains intact.
Becky Cecere, Penn State Harrisburg head coach for men’s and women’s tennis, was named Coach of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Association’s (USPTA) Middle States Division. The honor was announced at a World TeamTennis Match on Thursday, July 19 at Villanova University.
Middletown, Pa. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced that 44 Penn State Harrisburg student-athletes were named scholar-athletes for the 2011-2012 academic year.
NEAC scholar-athletes must achieve a combined grade point average of 3.4 or higher for the fall and spring semesters and must have been in good standing with their team.
Fifty international flags now fly in the Olmsted Building atrium. Each represents the home country of Penn State Harrisburg students, faculty and staff.
Students at the college hail from two dozen nations – with the greatest numbers from China, India, and South Korea – adding cultural diversity to Penn State Harrisburg and the Middletown community.
