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Harrisburg veteran overcomes challenges to complete second-degree nurse program

American Indians experience particularly unique and inequitable difficulties, often being subjected to harmful stigmas, poverty, abuse, lack of resources and much more, according to the nonprofit organization Native Hope. Despite these often overwhelming odds, American Indians like Stacia Fredericks, a current student in Penn State Harrisburg’s Second Degree nursing program, help pave the way for others like herself through hope and perseverance.
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A group of Penn State Harrisburg students and staff members attended the 2023 Summer Leadership Conference held at Penn State Behrend, where they participated in activities aimed at enhancing their leadership, citizenship, and networking skills.

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Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin hold the 2023 Capstone Award they received from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section. The pair received the award for their work on a radio telescope control system.

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Zachary Martin and Aaron Olsen — who each earned bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering in May and are now Penn State Harrisburg graduate students — were recognized with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section’s Capstone Award for 2023 for their development of a radio telescope control system that could help future students explore the stars.

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Aaron Olsen, shown here working on a radio telescope control system, and Zachary Martin won the 2023 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section’s Capstone Award for their radio telescope control system project.

Photo of Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin holding award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section

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Aaron Olsen and Zachary Martin hold the 2023 Capstone Award they received from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Susquehanna Section. The pair received the award for their work on a radio telescope control system.