Penn State Harrisburg’s Computer Science program will hold the 2012 Programming Contest on Friday, Feb. 24, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in C15, Olmsted Building.
Free and open to current students, the competition will offer cash prizes – up to $100, sponsored by the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology – for the top three undergraduate and graduate students. Students must register by Wednesday, Feb. 22.
More than 200 student delegates from regional high schools will debate topics ranging from human trafficking to al Qaeda and the Taliban during Penn State Harrisburg’s 40th Anniversary Model United Nations. The event, which has attracted more than 10,000 students to the college since its inception, will feature a keynote address by retired Army Col. James A. Helis, Ph.D., chairman of the U.S.
Penn State Harrisburg’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Lecture Series, “A Legacy of Persistence and Hope,” kicks off Thursday, Feb. 16 with Omar Tyree, New York Times best-selling author, lecturer and literacy advocate. The series, free and open to the public, culminates this fall with an appearance by Maya Angelou.
Internationally known vocalist and artist Susan Leviton will perform Yiddish women’s songs a cappella in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge, Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public, the concert, "Women’s Voices in Yiddish Song," will be followed by a kosher reception.
Students will have an opportunity to meet informally with Chancellor Mukund Kulkarni on Feb. 9 during “Chancellor's Open Hours.” The event will be held from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Atrium.
Students from 16 area schools will meet at Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building for the 28th annual MATHCOUNTS competition, Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Students looking to take a course or two over the summer can choose from a full range of undergraduate and graduate courses offered at Penn State Harrisburg. The first summer session runs May 14 to June 25; the second session runs June 27 to August 10. Registration now open.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will offer a one-week study tour, “Religion in American Culture: Two Worlds of the Pennsylvania Dutch – The Amish and the Plain Sects” (AM ST 422), July 9-13.
