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Summer at Penn State Harrisburg

Summer schedule offers convenient options

(updated February 2, 2012)

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.

Joe Paterno adresses the media, Oct. 29, 2011. Credit: Annemarie Mountz

University community mourns loss of Joe Paterno

Source: Penn State Live; January 22, 2012

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania State University and college athletics mourns the passing of Joseph V. Paterno, the winningest coach in the history of major college football.

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Spring open houses set

Dates have been set for two Penn State Harrisburg open houses this spring: Graduate School Information Night on Thursday, March 15, and Undergraduate Admissions Open House on Saturday, April 14.

Homer C. Floyd

Civil rights champion to deliver commencement keynote

Homer C. Floyd, former executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, will deliver the keynote address at Penn State Harrisburg’s fall commencement Saturday, December 17. The college will confer more than 550 undergraduate and graduate degrees during the ceremony, which starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Hershey Giant Center.