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Lee Mun Wah

‘The Color of Fear’ creator to host discussion, film showing

Lee Mun Wah will host a public showing of his internationally acclaimed film, The Color of Fear 1, Tuesday, April 15 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Penn State Harrisburg.

The film showing and discussion with Wah is free and open to the public in the Community Center in the student housing complex on campus. The presentation is hosted by the college Office of Multicultural Recruitment and Intercultural Affairs with support from the Student Activity Fee Fund.

Heard on campus – Voices of Hope

The Rev. Walter Everett and Harold Wilson brought the “Voices of Hope, Agents of Change” statewide tour to Penn State Harrisburg March 24 and asked those in attendance to think about the death penalty.

Should a national moratorium on the death penalty be enacted? Is the death penalty worth killing one innocent person?  These were among the questions the pair asked persons attending while they each profiled their personal stories.

$2,500 stipends available to Harrisburg Semester students

Several stipends of $2,500 each are available to undergraduate students who enroll in the summer Harrisburg Semester program offered through Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs.

Deadline for application to the program and for the financial assistance is April 15.

Linda Null

Linda Null named 2008 Penn State Teaching Fellow

Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Computer Science Linda Null is one of only three faculty members University-wide to be named a 2008 Penn State Teaching Fellow and to receive the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Morris Dees

Civil rights advocate Morris Dees speaks on campus April 8

Internationally acclaimed civil rights advocate Morris Dees caps the ambitious, year-long Penn State Harrisburg diversity lecture series when he delivers a 6 p.m. free public lecture Tuesday, April 8 in the Student Center of the Capital Union Building.

As founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., Dees has been a pioneer in suing hate groups and mapping new directions for the nonprofit organization.

‘Voices of Hope’ come to campus March 24

Harold Wilson is not a household name, but it should be. He spent 17 years in prison, most of that time on death row before being exonerated.

The Rev. Walter Everett lost his 24-year-old son to murder in 1984. He does not seek justice or comfort through the death penalty for the perpetrator, but has forgiven him.

Geospatial Information Systems Conference May 14, 15

 

Registration is under way for the 16th annual Pennsylvania Geospatial Information Systems Conference at the Radisson Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center in Camp Hill May 14 and 15.

An outreach service of Penn State Harrisburg’s Institute of State and Regional Affairs, the conference theme this year is “Sustaining and Leveraging Our Geospatial Investment.”