Ellen Stockstill, associate professor of English at Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities, has published a new book that looks at Victorian documentary novels that presented themselves as nonfiction works.
Penn State Harrisburg will host its 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative banquet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 15, at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey. The event's theme — "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" — is based on King’s 1967 book of the same name, which advocated for human rights and a sense of hope.
Purav Patel will receive his master of science in information systems at Penn State Harrisburg’s fall 2023 commencement ceremony. His road to graduation has been “nothing short of a dream realized, marked by a series of hurdles, adjustments to a new culture, and significant personal growth.” Below, he details his journey.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Harrisburg has named six graduates to represent each academic school and graduate studies as student marshals for the fall 2023 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the commencement processional.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold its fall 2023 commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Giant Center in Hershey. Vice president of emergency services for the Mount Sinai Health System and Penn State alumnus Robin Ferrer will serve as keynote speaker at the ceremony.
Penn State Harrisburg communications major Caleb Steindel recently earned third place in the College Media Association’s 2023 Film and Audio Festival sports category for a video package he produced about the college baseball team.
Applications are being accepted now through Jan. 23, 2024, for the Idea TestLab, a free, four-week, virtual accelerator designed to help entrepreneurs determine the viability of their business idea. The Idea TestLab is sponsored by the Penn State Harrisburg, Mont Alto, Shenango and York LaunchBoxes.
