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Dr. Mukund Kulkarni

Mukund Kulkarni named Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Following a national search, Penn State Harrisburg has named Professor of Finance Mukund S. Kulkarni its Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

The appointment of Dr. Kulkarni, who has served in the position on an interim basis since July 2006, was announced today by Chancellor Madlyn L. Hanes.

Peter Idowu

Peter Idowu named University Administrative Fellow

Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Peter B. Idowu is one of three Penn State University Administrative Fellows for the 2007-08 academic year.

Dr. Idowu will be the Administrative Fellow for Rodney A. Erickson, executive vice president and provost of the University.

Jane Kochanov

Jane Kochanov earns University-wide IST award

A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has received the 2007 University-wide Information Sciences and Technology Faculty Award.

Jane Kochanov was honored for her classroom innovations, ability to inspire students, outreach efforts with middle and high school students, and for her commitment to community both on and beyond the campus.

Boobies Ball Check Presentation 2007

Lion Ambassadors’ Boobies Ball raises $1,100

Shown at the check presentation to fund cancer awareness are, left to right, Penn State Harrisburg student and Feel Your Boobies Foundation intern Lorena Roedan, Foundation founder Leigh Hurst, ball chairman Holly Artz, Lion Ambassador president Melissa Yingling, and Lion Ambassador adviser Laurie Dobrosky.

Man on a mission

To say that Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller, ’01 MPA, is driven is an understatement. He decided around junior high age to be a state trooper and centered his life around that. He took Latin in school because he knew that was the root of the law.