Hamdi Dewdi, a graduate student in the master of engineering management program in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology and Fulbright scholar, has proven himself a success in many ways – most recently in a leadership role managing employees at Ingram Micro, a supply chain management and technology company.
Faculty and staff at Penn State campuses where they are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 can now upload their proof of vaccination online and are encouraged to do so as soon as possible.
Penn State police officers at Penn State Altoona and Penn State Fayette are hosting National Drug Take-Back Day events on Oct. 23, which aim to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. Secure prescription collection bins also are available year-round at Penn State Berks, Penn State Harrisburg and University Park.
Andrea Pritt, STEM librarian in the Madlyn Levine Hanes Library at Penn State Harrisburg, has been named the 2021 New Librarian of the Year by the Pennsylvania Library Association.
All faculty and staff at Penn State locations where work is being conducted under federal contracts are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 under President Joe Biden’s recent executive order requiring vaccination for federal contractors, Penn State has determined.
Across the University, Penn State offers various resources to help students with food and housing insecurity, financial issues and basic needs. Among these efforts, Penn State's campus food pantries are helping to support students and alleviate everyday stressors such as figuring out what food to put on the table.
Singer-songwriter, philanthropist and actor Bryan Terrell Clark will take the stage on Oct. 21 in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg.
Penn State Harrisburg will present “Invisible Disabilities: Fact or Fiction?” from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19, via Zoom. The event will discuss what invisible disabilities are and how to support those individuals living with them.
Faculty in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities and the Department of Otolaryngology, Head-Neck Surgery at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine have established a Communication Sciences and Disorders Advisory Board.
Yonatan Tewelde, assistant teaching professor of media production and broadcast in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, received the 2021 Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award at the annual Broadcast Education Association’s International Conference and Awards Ceremony in April.