Sereita Cobbs, director of content integration & strategy at espnW, will lead a Title IX discussion on women in sports, followed by a film screening of the documentary “Venus Vs.” on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium at Penn State Harrisburg.
Title IX is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Commission for Women will present a screening and panel discussion of the Oscar nominated documentary, “The Hunting Ground,” on Monday, March 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., with a light dinner available at 5:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building auditorium (C213).
Penn State Harrisburg faculty and staff discussed their works, published during the past year, recently at the college’s annual Creativity, Publishing, and Book Signing Celebration.
The event honored college community members and their collaborators whose recent works include publications on art, politics, education, culture and diversity.
The public administration doctoral program in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs welcomed Dr. Özkan Leblebici as a post-doctoral visiting scholar from Ankara, Turkey in January. He is hosted by Dr. Göktuğ Morçöl, professor of public administration.
Galit Hasan-Rokem will present “The Wandering Jew Between Folk Legend and Modern Literary Imagination” as part of the Penn State Harrisburg Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies speaker series, on Tuesday, March 15 at noon in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
Penn State Harrisburg has been awarded $77,250 from the Dauphin County Commissioners to develop a website that would provide streamlined information on heroin and opiate prevention and treatment services in Dauphin County. The project, in partnership with Dauphin County Drug & Alcohol Services, will make it easier for those seeking information by narrowing and organizing a multitude of local resources into an easy, convenient, user-friendly format.
Noted military historian Carol Reardon, the 2015-16 Penn State laureate and George Winfree Professor of American history at Penn State, recently discussed the importance of studying and understanding war at Penn State Harrisburg. Reardon's visit was part of her statewide tour as laureate.
Noted military historian, Carol Reardon, the 2015-16 Penn State laureate and George Winfree professor of American history at Penn State, recently discussed the importance of studying and understanding war, as part of her statewide tour.
