Twenty-six undergraduate and graduate students in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration have achieved excellence in their studies and have been inducted as lifetime members of Beta Gamma Sigma.
Michael Fiaschetti, senior vice president of the Mid-Atlantic Region for Highmark Inc., is the Penn State Harrisburg chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma 2008 Distinguished Honoree.
With more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in the health insurance industry, Fiaschetti earned an MBA from Penn State Harrisburg in 2004. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton and has held his present position at Highmark since 1997.
Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Humanities and Art History/Visual Culture Robin Veder will deliver an invited lecture April 14 at Princeton University as part of its spring Architecture and Urbanism Lecture Series on the theme of “Gardening.”
The series is arranged by the Princeton Center for Architecture, Urbanism + Infrastructure.
Current and future undergraduate students at Penn State Harrisburg will benefit from a $100,000 gift to endow the Morrie Schwab/Phi Sigma Delta Sigma Educational Foundation Trustee Scholarship.
The family of the late Mr. Schwab, a well-known Harrisburg business leader, and the foundation joined together to create the gift.
Penn State Harrisburg Professor of Psychology Richard Foxx was the lone academic expert to offer testimony during a public hearing April 1 before the Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on a bill to require private insurers to provide coverage for autism spectrum disorders up to $36,000 per year.
The bill (HB 1150) passed the Pennsylvania House previously by unanimous vote.
Erik P. Keptner, senior vice president of marketing and advertising for Giant Food Stores, is the recipient of the Penn State Alumni Achievement Award presented by the University’s Alumni Association.
The new front entrance to Olmsted Building, formally opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 1, is the latest in an ambitious list of construction projects aimed at enhancing the look of campus while supporting its academic mission.
The Capital Players, Penn State Harrisburg’s student theatrical organization, is bringing the popular musical “Godspell” to the Olmsted Auditorium April 24 through 27.
Open to the public, performances will be at 8 p.m. April 24, 25, and 26 with a 2 p.m. matinee on April 27. Tickets at $5 for students and senior citizens and $8 for the general public are on sale daily in Stacks Market of Olmsted Building. For information, phone 948-6470.
Books ranging from criminal justice issues, to sacred music, to terrorism were among those honored March 25 when Penn State Harrisburg honored 16 faculty members and a doctoral student at its annual Publishing Celebration.
Hosted by the college’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the annual event honors faculty, staff, and students whose works have been published in the past year.
