Emily Barton's first grade students came up with the concept “playing with words” on their own after she encouraged them to look at each other's stories and suggest changes. Michele Lacerda said her seventh graders improved their writing throughout the year as they shared their work with their peers. Kaitlyn Myers said her fourth graders became excited about writing when they could use technology that let them publish their work.
Carolyn A. Julian, student aid adviser and veterans affairs coordinator at Penn State Harrisburg, has been elected as the 2016-17 president of the Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (PASFAA).
Julian was awarded the Leadership Award in 2011-12 and Distinguished Service Award in 2015. She has been a member of PASFAA since 1987. Julian received her business degree at Penn State Harrisburg and has over 40 years of service in financial aid.
Paper lauded: A paper by Assistant Professors of Criminal Justice Dr. Jennifer Gibbs and Dr. Jonathan Lee, “Race and attitudes toward police: the mediating effect of social distance,” published in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management (in 2015, volume 38, issue 2), has been selected by the journal’s editorial team as a Highly Commended Paper in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
Dr. Simon J. Bronner, distinguished professor in American studies and folklore, has co-edited a book titled “Youth Cultures in America” with Cindy Dell Clark, a visiting associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University.
Government lobbying and political connections may add lift to the air transportation industry's profitability, but they could also cause a crash in talented transportation administrators, according to a Penn State Harrisburg researcher.
The Penn State Harrisburg community will gather together on Wednesday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. at the Capital Union Building on campus to send off Cameron Yon as he leaves to participate in the NCAA Championship. Yon has qualified in the men's discus at the championships being held in Waverly, Iowa at Wartburg College, May 26 through 28.
Yon is the first Penn State Harrisburg track and field athlete to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Danang Endrayana Syeh Qodir of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a graduate student in Penn State Harrisburg’s master of public administration program, was part of the Capital Region Site’s winning team at the 2016 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) student simulation competition.
Penn State Harrisburg student and Political Science Major, Ann-Queen Sedhom, was elected campus chair of the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments (CCSG) for the 2016-17 school year.
This position works to conduct meetings and promote unity across the commonwealth with duties including presiding over all meeting of the council and reviewing agendas.
Irving Hand, professor emeritus of state and regional planning at Penn State Harrisburg, passed away May 14. He was 94 years old. Hand served on the campus' faculty from 1972 to 1993.
