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Collage of six headshot photos of student marshals

Spring 2023 student marshals

Penn State Harrisburg's spring 2023 student marshals. Top row, left to right: Kylie Lesher, Elizabeth Henry and Myah Koepfer. Bottom row, left to right: Tram Anh Pham, Aaron Olsen and Grace Adams.

Collage of six headshot photos of student marshals

Penn State Harrisburg announces spring 2023 commencement marshals

Penn State Harrisburg has named six graduates to represent each academic school and graduate studies as student marshals for the spring 2023 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the commencement processional.
Two laptops with hands

New undergraduate research program available to Commonwealth Campus students

A new research program for students will be launched this coming fall: The Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Undergraduate Student Research Fund aims to support student-led projects in different fields. Participants will acquire hands-on experience in research, scholarship, and artistic efforts. They will be responsible for creating their own research problems, study proposals, methodologies, and presenting their findings.
Steel bridges lined up in a  Penn State Harrisburg parking lot for a competition

ASCE competition

Student-designed steel bridges are lined up for the aesthetics judging portion of the steel bridge competition during the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic West Student Symposium, held at Penn State Harrisburg.

Two men holding clipboards and papers judge a steel bridge made by a student team

ASCE competition 2

Judges look over a steel bridge designed by a student team during one of the events at the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic West Student Symposium. The steel bridge competition challenged students to develop a concept for a scale-model steel bridge to span approximately 20 feet and to carry 2,500 pounds, and to assemble it under timed conditions. 

Two students work on a steel bridge during the ASCE competition

ASCE competition

Penn State Harrisburg students competed in the steel bridge competition at the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic West Student Symposium, held on the Penn State Harrisburg campus.

A student sits on the edge of a steel bridge that has "Penn State Harrisburg" painted on it

ASCE competition

Penn State Harrisburg students had the chance to test their engineering skills during the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Mid-Atlantic West Student Symposium. The college hosted the competition for the first time, and the college's ASCE chapter competed in the steel bridge competition.