Two senior elementary education students from the midstate are the first at Penn State Harrisburg to earn national scholarships from the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation.
Kevin Scharlau, an elementary education/early childhood education major, has been awarded the $1,000 Sandra Jo Hornick Scholarship and Vicki Mattey, majoring in elementary education, was presented the $500 Harold S. Drummond Scholarship.
One of the world's foremost Jewish folklore scholars, award-winning Dan Ben-Amos, brings his "Folktales of the Jews" presentation to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, Nov. 13.
The presentation and book signing is free and open to the public at 6:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building. Ben-Amos’ presentation is part of the college's programming in Holocaust and Jewish studies. For information, phone 717-948-6039.
With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience.
Nadine Zahr is anything but the stereotype of the demurring neo-folk singer.
Nominated as Best Female Performer of 2006 byCampus Activities Magazine, the singer and songwriter brings her unique and enthusiastic talents to Penn State Harrisburg’s Stack’s Stage at noon Nov. 12.
It is estimated that 18.8 million Americans age 18 and older have some sort of a depressive disorder.
And nearly half of all college students report feeling so depressed at some point in time that they have trouble functioning.
Penn State Harrisburg Counseling Services, in an effort to call attention to the illness of depression, is offering a Depression Screening Day from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 in the Gallery Lounge.
A team of Penn State Harrisburg students is sharpening its skills in preparation for competition in the world’s most prestigious computer programming competition.
The students from Penn State Harrisburg will challenge teams from nine other colleges and universities Saturday, Oct. 27 in the regional contest of the 32 nd ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest sponsored by IBM at Shippensburg University.
Several years ago, Gail Rosen committed herself to keeping the poetry and story of Holocaust survivor Hilda Stern Cohen alive.
Rosen, a professional storyteller from Baltimore, brings her performance entitled “For Tomorrow: the Story and Poetry of Hilda Stern Cohen” to Penn State Harrisburg Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6:15 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery of the library.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6273.
Penn State Harrisburg Professor of Criminal Justice Shaun L. Gabbidon’s most recent scholarly research has produced a book which “reveals criminology’s quiet obsession with race and crime.”
