As part of Penn State's COVID-19 mitigation plans, COVID-19 tests will be required for all students moving into on-campus residential housing who have not shared with the University that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provided a positive COVID-19 test result from the last 90 days prior to arrival.
"Wordstruck: Micro Essays on Literature that Redefined You" is an essay contest administered by the Pennsylvania (PA) Center for the Book for 10th- to 12th-grade Pennsylvanians and it invites writers to describe how a self-selected piece of literature redefined their behavior, attitude, worldview and/or personal perspective.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, including meetings, tabling, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
Penn State Harrisburg has announced the appointment of Vahid Motevalli as director of the college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, effective Aug. 16.
Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 conditions around the country and in Pennsylvania, effective immediately (Aug. 4), Penn State will require all students, faculty, staff and visitors — including those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear masks indoors at all campuses. Within the last 24 hours, many counties that are home to Penn State campuses have shifted to “orange” status, warranting an immediate adjustment to the University’s on-campus masking requirement.
For the second year in a row, Penn State Harrisburg baseball player Bret Williams has been named an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The library building at Penn State Harrisburg has been named the Madlyn L. Hanes Library in honor of the University’s senior vice president for Commonwealth Campuses and executive chancellor, who will retire from Penn State on Aug. 1.