For the second consecutive season, Keuka College dashed the Penn State Harrisburg Lady Lions basketball team’s chances of a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championship. The Keuka Storm defeated the Lions 71-59 Feb. 26 in the NEAC semi-finals.
Penn State Harrisburg will host the 2011 NEAC Men's Basketball Championship Friday, Feb. 25 through Sunday, Feb. 27.
On Saturday, Feb. 26 at 4:00 p.m., the number-one seeded Lions will play the winner of the Gallaudet University and Morrisville State game, with the Saturday winner advancing to the championship game on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 1:00 p.m. Penn State Harrisburg sealed the top spot and the opportunity to host the tournament after a win against Keuka College Feb. 20.
Dr. Lance D. Watson, senior pastor of Saint Paul’s Baptist Church of Richmond, Va., and chief visionary for its corporate affiliates, will visit Penn State Harrisburg March 1 to speak as part of the 2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Lecture Series. He will address the series topic, “A Sociocultural Awakening: Rise Up!” at 12:30 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery, Library and at 6:30 p.m. in the Capital Union Building.
Veteran “Washington Post” foreign correspondent Pamela Constable will discuss her experiences as a journalist in war-zone countries March 1 at Penn State Harrisburg.
Designed to strengthen connections between higher education and the public, the college’s “Perspectives on Community Engagement” series will hold its first workshop Feb. 28 at noon in the Olmsted Building Oliver LaGrone Lounge.
Faculty members at Penn State Harrisburg are challenging students to make a difference in their community, utilizing service projects and public internships. By incorporating service learning, or community-impacting coursework, into their curriculum, professors promote civic responsibility and provide students with hands-on experience applicable in the workforce.
The Penn State Harrisburg women’s basketball team will host a Pink Zone game to benefit the Feel Your Boobies Foundation on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 12:00 p.m. versus Wells College. The team encourages all fans to wear pink during the game to support breast cancer awareness.
Mary Napoli, Penn State Harrisburg assistant professor of reading and children’s literature, recently received the Teacher of Honor Award from Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education.
Jenny Kim, a first-year Communications major, won first place in the School of Humanities Fall 2010 Student Speech Award competition for her informative speech on plastic surgery in South Korea. Kim's speech was chosen from among those nominated by students in nine sections of CAS 100: Effective Speech. School Director Kathryn Robinson presented Kim with the award during a Dec. 10 ceremony.
