Benjamin Franklin scholars, including Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Humanities and History George Boudreau, have long considered the Junto as one of the shaping influences in the life of the Founding Father.
Two senior elementary education students from the midstate are the first at Penn State Harrisburg to earn national scholarships from the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation.
One of the world's foremost Jewish folklore scholars, award-winning Dan Ben-Amos, brings his "Folktales of the Jews" presentation to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Twenty-nine Penn State Harrisburg students have been inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), the national honor society for adult students in higher education.
Penn State Harrisburg’s observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month includes a number of events sponsored by the college’s Commission for Women and supported by the Student Activity Fee Fund. The events include:
"Prom Night"
October 15, 12:30 p.m.
Gallery Lounge, Olmsted Building An educational theatre program about relationship violence.
Public breakfast forums addressing critical midstate transportation, logistics, and supply chain challenges come to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, Oct. 30.
The choral and organ works of Penn State Harrisburg faculty member Robert C. Lau were featured recently at the annual “Celebration” workshop hosted by the Hinshaw Music Co. in Raleigh, N.C.
The Office of the President has put out a call for nominations for individuals eligible to receive the Faculty Scholar Medal, which recognizes scholarly and creative excellence. The medal will be awarded to individuals in the following scholarly areas: arts and humanities; engineering; life and health sciences; physical sciences; and social and behavioral sciences. For information on deadlines for submitting nominations and accompanying materials, check with the dean's office in the individual colleges. Deans should submit final rankings of the recommendations from their areas to the senior vice president for research, via e-mail to [email protected] or mail to 304 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802, by Monday, Dec. 10. Chancellors from areas outside of University Park should submit recommendations to the vice president for Commonwealth Campuses or the dean of The Graduate School, as appropriate, by Monday, Nov. 12. The Faculty Scholar Medal, established by the Board of Trustees in 1980, will be given at the University Awards Program on Monday, March 24, 2008.
In celebration of American Archives Month, Penn State Harrisburg’s library is hosting an October 10 open house to familiarize the public with its vast special collections.
The noon to 5 p.m. free event will give the general public an in-depth look at the college’s archives while obtaining information on how to care for personal materials.
