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Show your Penn State Harrisburg spirit!

Spirit Week comes to Penn State Harrisburg January 21 through 25!

Organized and hosted by the newly established Blue and White Society on campus, Spirit Week will give faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to show their Penn State pride and maybe even win a prize.

Toll road privatization may result in indirect impacts

Privatizing toll roads in the U.S. may result in significant diversions of truck traffic from privatized toll roads to “free” roads, and may result in more crashes and increased costs associated with use of other roads, according to a new study.

Grant Imahara

‘Mythbuster’ Grant Imahara comes to campus Saturday, Feb. 2

Grant Imahara says he does more than play a geek on TV. "I am a geek on TV," he adds.

The host of "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel, Imahara brings his presentation from one of television’s hottest shows to Penn State Harrisburg Saturday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.

Imahara’s "Inside the Scientist’s Studio" program is free and open to the public in the Capital Union Building on Campus. For information, phone 717-948-6701.

Justin Kredible

‘Entertainer of the Year’ comes to campus Jan. 30

Named Campus Activities magazine’s 2007 Entertainer of the Year, Justin Kredible’s mix of comedy and magic has established him as one of America’s premiere performers.

Penn State Harrisburg will present Justin’s show at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 in the Multipurpose Room of its Community Center. The performance is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6701.

’85 grad named state’s chief accounting officer

Penn State Harrisburg graduate Anna Marie Anderson has been appointed the Commonwealth’s chief accounting officer.

Anderson’s promotion was recently announced by state Budget Secretary Michael J. Masch. She had previously served the Office of the Budget as assistant director for commonwealth accounting and reporting. A Camp Hill resident, she earned a bachelor’s degree in professional accountancy from the college in 1985.

Travis Watkins

Football star turned poet performs on campus February 14

As a 6-4, 300-pound former football star, Travis Watkins doesn’t seem to fit the image of a stereotypical spoken word poet.

Yet as the winner of the coveted National College Language Association Award for poetry and a top eight National Poetry Slam ranking, it’s clear he is not concerned with images and stereotypes.