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Dr. Matt Woessner

Matthew Woessner serving as Faculty Senate president

Associate Professor of Public Policy Matthew Woessner will serve as president of the Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Senate for the 2008-09 academic year.

Serving as president-elect for the year is Professor of Humanities and English Matthew Wilson.

Elected to two-year terms on the Senate are:

2002 grad new Gettysburg High School principal

Mark Blanchard, who earned a master’s degree in Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State Harrisburg in 2002, is the new principal of Gettysburg Area High School.

A former English teacher who earned his undergraduate degree from Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, Blanchard began his career in education at Baptist Bible School in Shiremanstown, Cumberland County.

Jim Donovan

Famed drummer to conduct public workshops Sept. 4

If you like to whistle in the wind when the cat turns blue and you wouldn’t want to be living in a world of ecstasy or if the words “ombe seyo ombe tell you to run bobodey see bobodeyam” mean anything to you, then you will likely enjoy the upcoming event with Jim Donovan at Penn State Harrisburg.

Ronnie Jordan

Award-winning comic comes to campus August 27

From the very start funny man Ronnie Jordan has proven that he’s a comedy force to be reckoned with. After only a year on the comedy scene, the kid voted “Most Wittiest” in high school was crowned “Rookie of the Year” in 2001 by the famed Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta.

College offering Food Safety Certification training

One supervisory employee in a licensed food establishment must be certified in food safety and sanitation in order to be in compliance with the state’s Department of Agriculture Food Employee Certification Act.

Penn State Harrisburg is bringing courses that fulfill those requirements to Carlisle, Lebanon, Middletown, and New Bloomfield this fall.

Dr. Cynthia Mara

Faculty member earns Fulbright Chair to research long-term care

A key focus of Cynthia Mara’s entire working life has been long-term care.

Beginning with her teen years when she provided care for a homebound elderly neighbor and her summer employment in a rest home, Dr. Mara has made a scholarly commitment to improving the quality of long-term care in the U.S.