Penn State Harrisburg is offering instruction to professionals and students planning to take the April 2010 Professional Engineering or Fundamentals of Engineering exam.
The college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology and its Office of Continuing Education are partnering to offer the review courses in advance of the April exams.
A search and rescue robot, an amphibious bicycle, a voice-activated door, and even a new, improved chassis for a race car were among the innovations created by Mechanical Engineering Technology seniors during the spring semester at Penn State Harrisburg.
These required senior capstone projects were among those explained and demonstrated during senior project day for faculty, students, staff, and families at the end of the term.
Area residents can experience the history of Broadway or explore America’s industrial and energy legacy by taking part in week-long study tours offered this summer by Penn State Harrisburg Continuing Education.
In cooperation with its School of Humanities, the college is offering the tours which can be taken either for three academic credits each or for personal enrichment.
Penn State Harrisburg Information Sciences and Technology major Amanda Basile is the only student outside University Park to earn the coveted 2009 Hansen Fellow Award presented by Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Global Services.
Following a national search, Penn State Harrisburg has appointed Stephen P. Schappe director of its School of Business Administration.
An associate professor of management who has served as interim director of the school for the past three years, Schappe’s appointment was announced by Chancellor Madlyn L. Hanes.
You are your best defense against rape and sexual assault, a panel of local experts agrees.
Seven experts from law enforcement, advocate groups, and victim assistance agencies came to Penn State Harrisburg April 30 to discuss issues and safety steps surrounding sexual violence.
Jennifer Storm describes herself from age 12 to 22 as “blackout girl.” Today, she is a “grateful” recovering alcoholic and drug addict.
Now the Executive Director of the Victim-Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, Storm brought her story of how she came through her personal 10-year darkness to create a life of accomplishment and joy to Penn State Harrisburg’s Gallery Lounge April 28.
An assessment of Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office recently on the Penn State Harrisburg campus solidified one point of change in Washington – a new tone of governing is evident.
A panel of three Penn State Harrisburg political experts and a former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor mulled the impacts of the opening months of the new President’s administration in a public discussion April 22 which featured a focus on that change in tone.
A regional fight against breast cancer has received another financial boost from Penn State Harrisburg students.
For the fourth year in a row, the student Lion Ambassadors hosted a “Boobies Ball” with all proceeds going to the Middletown-based Feel Your Boobies Foundation founded by Leigh Hurst. This year’s event netted more than $1,500 for the charity and brings to nearly $6,000 the total raised in the four dances.
