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Raceway to Success 2007

Alumni Office hosts ‘Raceway to Success’

 

"Speed Mentoring" came to Penn State Harrisburg November 1.

Modeled after the popular speed dating concept, the event entitled "Your Raceway to Success" brought students and 16 Penn State Harrisburg alumni face-to-face with a focus on mentoring and careers. The 12:30 to 2 p.m. gathering in the Gallery Lounge afforded participating students the opportunity to interact with a number of alumni mentors over a short period of time.

1986 graduate named director of PUC bureau

Robert F. Wilson, who earned an MBA from Penn State Harrisburg in 1986, is the new director of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Bureau of Fixed Utility Services (FUS)

Currently serving as Manager of Finance and Tariffs in FUS, Wilson, a Cumberland County resident, replaces director Robert A. Rosenthal, who is retiring.

Reuben Fast Horse

Native American family performs November 13

Reuben Fast Horse and his family bring Native American dance, song, culture, and history to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Fast Horse and his Minnesota-based Lakota family, will perform at 12:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Auditorium on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Penn State Harrisburg's fall enrollment surpasses 3,900

 

High demand by students seeking admission to Penn State Harrisburg has resulted in record enrollment of more than 3,900 this fall at the college.

University figures just released show 2,435 undergraduate and 1,472 graduate students now attend Penn State Harrisburg.

Life 101

Ask Harrisburg entrepreneur Doug Neidich what adivce he'd give to young people starting out in careers, and he references this quote from Albert Einstein: "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle".

Russell Horn creates scholarship

Penn State Harrisburg continues to benefit from York resident Russell E. Horn’s lifelong love for the University. Horn recently established the Russell E. Horn Trustee Matching Scholarship at Penn State Harrisburg.