Dr. Linda Rhen, assistant professor of special education in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, will present “New Visions for Individuals with Disabilities: Penn State Harrisburg’s Career Studies Program” on Wednesday, November 9 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
Freelance writer and editor, Barbara Trainin Blank, will present “Mary Sachs and Jewish Life in Harrisburg” as part of the Penn State Harrisburg Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies speaker series, on Thursday, November 10 at noon in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
A new poll shows that most Pennsylvanians feel that their state and federal governments are doing a good job in delivering public services, but some segments of the population are less positive.
The president of the United States can have a profound impact on funding for scientific research. Dr. Susannah Gal, associate dean for research and outreach at Penn State Harrisburg, knows that from her years as program officer for the National Science Foundation, where she walked past a portrait of the president every day.
Jaimee Wriston Colbert, whose work has been called “lyrical, imploring, humorous, and heartbreaking,” will visit Penn State Harrisburg as part the School of Humanities’ writers’ series on Wednesday, November 2 from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Kunkle Auditorium, Olmsted Building.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Humanities’ theatre program will present thier fall play, “Proof,” on November 10, 11 and 12 starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Enrichment Center Theater on campus.
Dr. Eileen M. Ahlin, assistant professor of criminal justice in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, was named a 2016 W.E.B Du Bois Fellow by the National Institute of Justice.
The Douglas W. Pollock Foundation has made a $750,000 donation to support Penn State Harrisburg athletics and the naming of the Courtney Pollock Memorial Field and Softball Complex.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs will host a pre-election panel from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Olmsted Building's Gallery Lounge on campus. The panelists will discuss topics related to immigration, leadership capacity, minimum wage and racial issues within policing. The discussion will be moderated by Anne Douds, lecturer in criminal justice.
