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Enjoy the Chinese Lion Dance April 5

The Lion Dance, begun thousands of years ago in China, comes to Penn State Harrisburg Thursday, April 5.

Tai Yim’s Kung Fu Lion Dancing Team, headquartered Maryland, will perform the legend-filled dance at 12:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge on campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

Student Research Day April 13

Penn State Harrisburg will celebrate Student Research Day Friday, April 13 with 27 students presenting on their efforts.

The day-long event in the Gallery Lounge will also include poster presentations from additional students in graduate programs at the college.

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to visit the Gallery Lounge throughout the day as faculty and student discuss their important academic contributions to the college community.

Undergraduate Programs Information Day April 14

Information on all the undergraduate study opportunities at Penn State Harrisburg will be available when the College hosts an Information Open House beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 14.

Penn State Harrisburg is home to two associate and 30 baccalaureate degrees and the first two years of study leading to more than 160 undergraduate majors available throughout the Penn State system — including 29 of its own.

Publishing Celebration 2007

Faculty members applauded at annual Publishing Celebration

Penn State Harrisburg honored 14 faculty members at its 2007 Publishing Celebration March 22..

Sponsored by the college’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the annual event honors faculty, staff, and students whose works have been published in the past year.

Honored at the 2007 celebration, the titles of their works, and the publisher were:

International Film Festival begins April 19

"Passion, for Better or Worse!" is the theme of Penn State Harrisburg’s popular public International Film Festival which begins an eight-movie run Thursday, April 19.

The seventh annual series, free and open to the public, is hosted by the college’s School of Humanities and features films from Spain, Argentina, Norway, Iran, France, Germany, China, and Japan.

All showings are at 7 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Auditorium.