Penn State Harrisburg will present “Understanding the 2010 Midterm Election Results” on Nov. 4 from 3:25-4:40 p.m. in the Olmsted Building’s Gallery Lounge on campus.
Free and open to the public, the panel will analyze the results of the Nov. 2 midterm elections.
Poet and Penn State Laureate Robin Becker will visit Penn State Harrisburg November 10 to explore how and why poems move us.
Free and open to the public, the event will be held in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge from 7:00-8:30 p.m. Hosted by Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, the presentation will include discussion and readings from Becker’s books, including All-American Girl, The Horse Fair, and Domain of Perfect Affection.
Holocaust survivor Hilda Mantelmacher will speak at Penn State Harrisburg November 2 about her experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp complex established by Nazi Germany. Sponsored by the college’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies, the presentation will begin at noon in the Quiet Study, Capital Union Building and is free and open to the public.
Why did a nation founded on ideals of freedom and equality tolerate for so long one of the harshest labor systems the world has known? A new traveling exhibition opening at the Penn State Harrisburg Library Thursday, October 28, 2010, looks for answers to this question by tracing Abraham Lincoln’s gradual transformation from an antislavery moderate into “The Great Emancipator,” who freed all slaves with a revolutionary war-time proclamation in 1863. “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation” will be on display until December 10, 2010.
Penn State Harrisburg's School of Public Affairs will host a pre-election “meet the candidates” forum, Tuesday, October 26, from 12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
Confirmed speakers for the event include state Senator David Argall, candidate for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District seat, and Bucks County Commissioner James Cawley, candidate for Lt. Governor.
Mukund Kulkarni, senior associate dean for academic affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, has been named chancellor at Penn State Harrisburg, effective Nov. 1. He has served as interim chancellor at the campus since July 1.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities will host Raise the Song Again!, a concert featuring Penn State choirs from University locations at Harrisburg, Altoona, Berks, Schuylkill, University Park, and Erie. This is the second year the University choirs will collaborate for the event organized by Penn State Harrisburg’s choir director, O. David Deitz.
The Penn State Harrisburg Photo Club will present “The Many Faces of Photography,” Saturday, October 23, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
A nationally-renowned expert on American landscape and planning history will speak, as part of Penn State Harrisburg’s American Studies Distinguished Lecture Series, on campus Wednesday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery.
Dr. David Schuyler will present "Pencil and Pen in Defense of Nature: Thomas Cole and the American Landscape." The event is free and open to the public, including a reception with refreshments following the presentation.
In today’s unstable economic climate, the need for financial literacy is greater than ever. A team of Penn State Harrisburg researchers recently studied the ways that adults are being taught about this important topic.
