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Group photo of Penn State Harrisburg Kappa Delta Pi inductees

Harrisburg Kappa Delta Pi

Penn State Harrisburg students were recently inducted into the campus chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, a prestigious national honor society for educators. They are: (front row, l-r) Grace Renninger, Valentina Scottodicarlo, Kira Schaefer, Maya Bayhart, Allison Wallander, Kirsten Daugherty, Haley Hosman, McKenna Knaub, Shauna Ramage, Ashley NyeSmith, Emilee Berk; (back row, l-r) Emily Gerber, Talaya Slaughter, Emily Christoff, Taylor Yohn, Britney Benzie, Mikayla Wright, Bianca Williams, Imani Whidbee, Kayla Taylor, Ellie Blosser, Morgan Barr, Abigail Stephens, Allison Ishler, Maddie Russell, Faith Rhine, Ashlynn Mills, Stella Quay, Emma Berge. 
Initiates not pictured are: Gabi Crockett, Katie Nourse, Tara Strackhouse, and Preston VanderVen  

Students practice sign language in class

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Students practice signs during American Sign Language II in spring 2024. Penn State Harrisburg offers American Sign Language I and II.

Students practice sign language in class

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Psychology major Sophia Gomez practices communicating with another classmate during American Sign Language II class in spring 2024. Penn State Harrisburg offers American Sign Language I and II, and interest in the classes is expected to grow as the college’s communication sciences and disorders program, which began in 2020, grows.

Two students face each other and use sign language, while an instructor watches

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Students Mackenzie Phillips and Tressa Burger practice communicating during the spring 2024 American Sign Language II class, as Ellen Delp, affiliate instructor in audiology and otolaryngology, watches. Penn State Harrisburg offers American Sign Language I and II.

Students practice sign language in class

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Students practice signs during American Sign Language II in spring 2024. Penn State Harrisburg offers American Sign Language I and II.

An exhibit on military football at the College Football Hall of Fame

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Denis Crawford earned his doctorate in American studies from Penn State Harrisburg in 2020 and now works as historian and exhibit designer at the College Football Hall of Fame. He helps create exhibits like this one, on the history of military football.

Denis Crawford adjusts an exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame

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Denis Crawford earned his doctorate in American studies from Penn State Harrisburg in 2020, and he now works as historian and exhibit designer at the College Football Hall of Fame. There, he helps create exhibits like this one, on the Wyoming Black 14.

Big Ten Coast to Coast Exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame

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Denis Crawford earned his doctorate in American studies at Penn State Harrisburg in 2020, and now he works as historian and exhibit designer for the College Football Hall of Fame, where he helps create exhibits like this Big Ten Coast to Coast exhibit.

Denis Crawford at the College Football Hall of Fame

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Denis Crawford, who earned his doctorate in American studies from Penn State Harrisburg, is now historian and exhibit designer at the College Football Hall of Fame.