A former cattle rancher-turned-vegetarian and food safety activist, the “Mad Cowboy” brings his presentation to campus October 5 at 12:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge.
Part of the college’s first-year seminar program, “Mad Cowboy – Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat,” by Howard Lyman, will discuss the dangers of eating beef and questionable practices of the cattle industry.
What are the implications of Harrisburg’s financial troubles and the decisions surrounding how to handle them?
A panel of experts from Penn State Harrisburg will examine this question, Wednesday, October 6, as part of the college’s series, “Academic Perspectives on Current Events.” Free and open to the public, the discussion runs Noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge on campus.
At the 30th anniversary meeting of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics (IIAS), James T. Ziegenfuss, Jr., Penn State Harrisburg professor of management and health care systems, recently received a President’s Medal of Distinguished Achievement. The annual international conference is held every August in Baden-Baden, Germany.
Penn State Harrisburg’s new residence hall, which opened this fall, is the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified residential building within Penn State. The 30,000-square-foot structure houses 100 first-year students, bringing the total number of students living on campus to 430.
Penn State Harrisburg has begun construction of a specialized 3,500-square-foot greenhouse complex, the first phase of a planned $1.6 million biotechnology research and teaching facility. A September 16 groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of the greenhouse project, expected to be completed late this year.
Please join with the Penn State Harrisburg community in a memorial service in celebration of the life and work of Dr. Louise Hoffman, Associate Professor of History and Humanities, to be held Monday, October 11, at 4 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery.
We welcome all colleagues, students, alumni and friends to join in this tribute.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a trash to treasure yard sale on Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 8:00 a.m. to noon at the Alice Demey Elementary School parking lot, Wharton Avenue, Middletown (rain location: Student Center, Capital Union Building, on campus).
James M. Ruiz, associate professor of criminal justice at Penn State Harrisburg, recently received a regional award for outstanding accomplishments in teaching and significant contributions to criminal justice education.
The Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences recognized Ruiz with the 2010 Regional Fellow Award, one of four awards presented at the association’s annual meeting in Portsmouth, R.I.
On the heels of another oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, this one on September 2, three Penn State experts will discuss the consequences and responses to the Gulf Coast oil spill during a moderated panel session at Penn State Harrisburg on Wednesday, September 8.
