As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
The Penn State Harrisburg men's basketball team joined local law enforcement officers to treat local children to a holiday shopping spree at Ollie's Bargain Outlet for the fourth annual Shop With a Cop event on Dec. 8.
Local entrepreneurs Lily Yi Meng, of CoCarting; Jogi Daita, of Oxygen Ventures; and Dave Cawley, of Enterprise LLM, served as judges for the pitch competition that closed out the Veterans Business Bootcamp hosted by Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State and the Rotary Veterans Initiative.
Six veterans were awarded funding to help launch their business ideas during the Veterans Business Bootcamp pitch competition hosted by Harrisburg LaunchBox powered by Penn State and the Rotary Veterans Initiative. Erin Godfrey, center, a veteran and Penn State Harrisburg student, won first place.
External investments in research at Penn State Harrisburg help position the college to engage in more groundbreaking research efforts that will have lasting regional, national and global impacts. Here Olivia Lowe, mechanical engineering student, examines a marine sponge, searching for spicules to be evaluated by a scanning electron microscope as part of research conducted by Fariborz Tavangarian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, on the potential for spicules to be used in human bone tissue engineering and other applications.
Jennifer L. Homendy, chair of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), will serve as keynote speaker at Penn State Harrisburg's fall 2024 commencement ceremony.
