A treasure hunt for the digital age now includes Penn State Harrisburg.
The brainchild of Humanities Reference Librarian and Archivist Heidi Abbey, the college and its library have become an official geocaching site with information on the treasure hunt available by registering free at www.geocaching.com.
Schoolteachers and administrators will be introduced to the importance of the educational integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at a Governor’s Institute July 28 through August 1 at Penn State Harrisburg and the Hershey Lodge.
The Penn State Harrisburg Alumni Society’s commitment to mentor and assist students throughout their academic careers has been honored by the University’s Alumni Association.
Penn State Harrisburg Professor of Supply Chain Management Richard Young was recently selected to present an online graduate-level course on supply management and procurement through the University’s World Campus.
And as part of his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Young was asked to deliver the first week’s classes personally – in Saudi Arabia.
Penn State Harrisburg’s newest master’s degree program has been introduced in response to a voiced need from educational leaders in the region.
The Master of Education in Literacy Education “is aligned with the standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and has been developed to answer requests from superintendents and administrators for a graduate program focused on literacy education,” says coordinator Dr. Barbara Marinak.
For much of the 20th century, the name Steelton represented a great industrial complex that stretched nearly four miles along the Susquehanna near Harrisburg.
Immigrants from all over Europe, particularly Slavs and Italians, worked with African Americans from the South at the Bethlehem Steel Company and gave Steelton its reputation for rich ethnic diversity, linked to its fame for industrial productivity.
A Penn State research initiative which answered health and human services needs in the Harrisburg area from 2000 to 2003 is being resurrected by a Penn State Harrisburg faculty member.
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Richard Fiene has been awarded funding from the University’s Children, Youth, and Families Consortium which is bringing the Harrisburg Collaborative Research Scholar Initiative back to life after an absence of five years.
Penn State Harrisburg graduate Mark A. Austin has been promoted to deputy for facilities and engineering for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
