The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will welcome Marion Kaplan, Skirball Professor of Modern Jewish History Emerita at New York University, at noon Thursday, Sept. 28, via webinar. Kaplan will present “Caribbean Haven: The Jewish Refugee Settlement in the Dominican Republic, 1940-1945.”
This year marks 25 years since the 1998 launch of Penn State World Campus, which expanded access to high-quality Penn State degrees to anyone around the globe with an internet connection. Today World Campus boasts a comprehensive selection of more than 175 Penn State degrees that are available online, including a variety of programs in criminal justice, homeland security and public policy.
The Lambert Undergraduate Advising Center at Penn State Harrisburg will host its annual Majors Fest from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Capital Union Building Events Room (210).
Emma Leonard Boyle, associate professor of political science at Penn State Harrisburg, has been named chair of the graduate portfolio in homeland security that is exclusively offered online through Penn State World Campus.
Shirley Clark, acting director of Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, has taken on the role of president of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, part of the American Society of Civil Engineers, effective Oct. 1.
They didn’t leave their seats in the Olmsted Building classroom, but Penn State Harrisburg students taking a criminal justice course on the court system recently spent 12 minutes inside a Texas jail — or at least it felt that way.
Penn State Harrisburg Chancellor and Dean of the Capital College John M. Mason Jr. has announced his intention to retire from the University in May 2024. He is stepping down as chancellor, effective Oct. 16, and will serve as a special adviser to the interim chancellor at Capital College (Penn State Harrisburg) for the remainder of the academic year.
Dan Mallinson, associate professor of public policy and administration and professor-in-charge of the masters in public administration program in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg, has been selected as a Rockefeller Institute of Government 2023-24 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow.
Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration will hold its inaugural professional sales competition Oct. 13-14 in the Capital Union Building on campus.
Jeffrey P. Merritt, a 1985 architectural engineering graduate, and his wife, Jean P. Merritt, have established two gifts at Penn State Harrisburg to support teacher education, including a $100,000 gift to establish the Merritt Program Fund for Teacher Education.
