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Distinguished Alumni

Two graduates honored as Distinguished Alumni

Two of Penn State Harrisburg’s many accomplished graduates – Ralph J. Papa and Jeffrey B. Miller – have been honored as Distinguished Alumni of the University.

Papa, chairman of Citizens Bank in Pennsylvania, and Miller, director of Strategic Security Programs of the National Football League, were honored Friday, June 5 in formal ceremonies at University Park with six other Penn State graduates.

Annual Data User Conference September 10

Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive single-day forum for research and developments in demographic data will focus this year on “New Data, New Opportunities.”

The annual Data User Conference, hosted by the Pennsylvania State Data Center at Penn State Harrisburg, will be at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey Thursday, Sept. 10.

MBA partnership doesn’t end with graduation

The educational partnership between Penn State Harrisburg’s MBA program and its students doesn’t end with graduation.

Those MBA professionals – more than 900 of them who reside in the Harrisburg area – create a comprehensive network of experience and assistance at the disposal of fellow grads and area firms facing corporate challenges.

College playing lead role in homeland security education

Security Penn State Harrisburg is playing a lead role in the University’s homeland security education efforts throughout the Commonwealth.

The college’s School of Public Affairs is the academic home for Penn State’s new postbaccalaureate certificate in Homeland Security and Defense which will offer its first course in the fall 2009 semester.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Summer Reading Program under way

For the ninth consecutive year, first-year students at Penn State Harrisburg are beginning their academic studies a few months in advance of the start of classes in August.

Training and Development Team

Student project blends learning with helping others

Penn State Harrisburg’s academic programs have a longstanding reputation of reinforcing skills learned in class through team projects.

Fostering a successful teamwork atmosphere increasingly important in the professional world, undergraduate and graduate students alike partner in projects mirroring real-world scenarios.

African American Chamber of Commerce celebration

Faculty member honored by African American Chamber

Penn State Harrisburg faculty member Kimetta Hariston’s commitment to expand community awareness of the value of diversity in education has earned an award from the African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Pennsylvania.

An assistant professor of education in the college’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education for four years, Hairston was presented the organization’s Community Service Award at its 17th annual awards banquet.

Student efforts enhance Civil War museum’s archives, library

It’s difficult to determine who gained the most from the work of three Penn State Harrisburg American Studies majors at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg – the facility itself or the graduate students.

Two interns from the college – Emily DeSilva and Janie Cozzoli – and student volunteer Todd Klokis tackled individual projects during the spring semester which museum staff describe as “big and important.”