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Composting pilot program to begin Jan. 24

In keeping with the campus’ commitment to environmental sustainability, Stacks Market and the Penn State Harrisburg Conservation Committee will begin a month long pilot program to assess the feasibility of collecting post-consumer food waste for composting starting Monday, Jan. 24.    A labeled collection container will be placed near the waste and recycling containers in the food court area for diners to deposit paper and food waste.

Jen Hirt

Hirt receives Emerging Writer Award

Jen Hirt, instructor of English, has won the Drake University Emerging Writer Award for her first book Under Glass: The Girl with a Thousand Christmas Trees and will be hosted for a book signing April 6.

Management journal ranks Kaynak as prolific author

Dr. Erdener Kaynak, professor of marketing and coordinator of the Marketing program in the School of Business Administration, was recognized as one of the most prolific authors – eighth place – of exporting articles published during the period 1960-2007.

Europe’s Jewish Heartland

Exhibit: Europe’s Jewish Heartland begins Jan. 25

Remnants and Renaissance: Photographs by Ruth Ellen Gruber of Europe’s Jewish Heartland will be on display from Jan. 25 through May 1 in the library’s Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room on campus. Gruber also will be on campus March 21 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss Jewish life in Eastern Europe today.

The Dinner Guest

"The Dinner Guest" delivers twist on classic drama

For its 13th Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at Penn State Harrisburg, PenOwl Productions presents The Dinner Guest, a new twist on the classic play Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Monday, Jan. 17 at noon and Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium.  The play is free and open to the public.

[Due to inclement weather on Jan. 18, the second performance will be rescheduled for a later date.]

Advocating against bullying

Faculty discuss bullying remedies on local news show

Penn State Harrisburg faculty researchers Shanetia Clark and Barbara Marinak advocate a simple way to help stop the rise in bullying in our nation’s schools. Teach students about kindness – and show them through books, other materials, and discussion.

SAT Exam Prep Course

Penn State Harrisburg offers SAT prep course

Penn State Harrisburg is offering the SAT Exam Prep Course to students in grades 9 through 12 on six Saturdays, January 22 through March 5, 2011.

The course will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on each day in the Educational Activities Building on campus.  No class will be held February 5.