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Blizzard of Bucks

Welcome back events offer fun, prizes

To mark the start of the spring semester, students are invited to participate in a pair of Welcome Back events on campus.

“Blizzard of Bucks” and “Mind Tripping” will bring fun, amazement, and perhaps some cash to students as they settle in for another term.

Doctoral Programs Information Night Feb. 9

Area residents can learn how to balance doctoral study at Penn State Harrisburg with a busy personal schedule at an Information Night Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m.

The session in the Morrison Gallery of the college library will provide information on the D.Ed. in Adult Education, the Ph.D. in Public Administration, and the recently introduced Ph.D. in American Studies offered on the Penn State Harrisburg campus. Registration for the Information Night is not necessary.

Students ‘drive drunk’ in simulation

Penn State Harrisburg students recently “drove drunk” on campus with the assistance of the college’s Police Services.

Through the combined efforts of seven college support units, more than 100 students took advantage of a drunken driving simulation in which they donned goggles which duplicate the effect of alcohol on vision and coordination and then tried to steer a pedal car through a series of twists and turns.

PPL donated circuit breaker

PPL donation expands learning

An equipment donation from PPL will provide a unique learning experience for electrical engineering students at Penn State Harrisburg.

The donation to the college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology – a 12-kilovolt circuit breaker and accompanying electromagnetic relays and hardware – “will take our undergraduate and graduate engineering power courses to a new level,” says Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Peter Idowu.

Faculty member named to national award committee

Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Education and Reading Mary Napoli has been named to serve on the committee which chooses the coveted National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.

Choirs celebrate holiday season

Hershey High School’s vocal ensemble, “Cantabile,” shared the stage with the Penn State Harrisburg student choir December 8 for a concert heralding the coming of the holiday season entitled “Faiths of Our Fathers.”