Jeffrey Miller, who earned a master's degree from Penn State Harrisburg in 2001, is vice president of security for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. He previously served as commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police and spent eight years as senior vice president and chief security officer for the NFL in New York.
Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. These awards highlight many of the faculty and staff who go above and beyond.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2021 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching.
They are Julia Kregenow, associate teaching professor of astronomy and astrophysics in Eberly College of Science; Andrew Mowen, professor of recreation, park and tourism management in the College of Health and Human Development; Mary Napoli, associate professor of reading at Penn State Harrisburg; Marietta Scanlon, associate teaching professor of engineering at Penn State Berks; Sven Schmitz, associate professor of aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering; and Johnathan White, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
The raw numbers are staggering: nearly 87,000 courses have been added to the Credit Transfer Tool since 2016. More than 90% of reviewed courses have some type of equivalency at Penn State, and over 50% have a direct equivalency to a Penn State course. Among the 200-plus faculty reviewers, three Penn State professors have completed nearly 20,000 of the transfer course reviews.
Winners of the Harrisburg LaunchBox Idea TestLab virtual accelerator final pitch competition include: Top (left to right) Carley Furlow (1st place), Sarah Schwartz and Hal Schwartz (3rd place). Bottom: Justin Slusarski, Syd del Cid, Derek Sheehan (2nd place).
