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.”
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.
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.
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.
Family members and friends of Penn State Harrisburg students are invited to "Family and Friends Day" on campus Saturday, Oct. 20.
Hosted by the Office of Student Affairs, the day will begin with registration from 9 to 10 a.m. in the main lobby of Olmsted Building and will include a variety of activities ranging from a Kid's Craft Corner to a pair of women's volleyball games.
Twenty-nine Penn State Harrisburg students have been inducted into Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL), the national honor society for adult students in higher education.
ASL is an undergraduate honor society that selects inductees from the top 10 percent of all students who are 24 years of age and older, and have at least 30 credits in a Penn State degree program.
Benjamin Franklin scholars, including Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Humanities and History George Boudreau, have long considered the Junto as one of the shaping influences in the life of the Founding Father.
