Educators and environmentalists interested in studying coral reefs can take advantage of a Penn State Harrisburg Continuing Education-sponsored study tour to Honduras in July 2009.
Five Penn State Harrisburg graduates are among those honored by the Central Penn Business Journal through its Forty Under 40 program.
The annual program, now in its 14 th year, selects area residents under 40 years of age for their excellence in business, commitment to the community, and professional achievement.
A photographic exhibit and a lecture focusing on the history of the Jewish community in greater Harrisburg comes to Penn State Harrisburg’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies on November 17.
Many areas of Pennsylvania already have seen the first significant snowfall of this winter season, and others saw a preview of what is to come. Soon winter will officially be here and bad weather will be playing havoc with schedules. Other situations may arise that affect the ability of the campus -- students, faculty and staff -- to function normally. In those situations, it is critical that the University be able to reach as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. The PSUTXT text-messaging system is a key tool by which Penn State can communicate directly with the University community in these situations. Don't be caught uninformed. Sign up for PSUTXT, and have messages sent directly to a cell phone when bad weather delays or cancels classes, or if another emergency situation arises. To register, visit http://live.psu.edu/psutxt online. For information, contact Annemarie Mountz at [email protected].
Penn State Harrisburg writes another chapter in its expanding focus on global education this fall when a second delegation of Korean schoolteachers comes to campus for a month-long program to enhance their abilities in English while learning about American culture.
Penn State’s Commission for Women is sponsoring a study of parents at Penn State to better understand how they balance the dual responsibilities of work and family in the year following the birth or adoption of a child. Focus groups of tenure-line faculty and full-time staff will be held at the University Park campus and Penn State Harrisburg from November 11–19, 2008.
Community and multicultural health issues, with a particular focus on the Hispanic community, is the topic of the next installment of the year-long Penn State Harrisburg diversity lecture series on November 13.
For most of recorded history pets have played a role in nearly every culture.
“The history of pet keeping has a lot to say about our changing ideas about human nature, about what constitutes a satisfying life,” says University of Delaware faculty member Kasey Grier who has turned her love of animals into an academic and research pursuit.
