As curators of the acclaimed Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Frank Goodyear and Anne Collins Goodyear, were at the forefront of the extensive renovation of the collection’s landmark home in Washington, D.C.
The Goodyears will deliver a presentation, “Revisiting American History: The New National Portrait Gallery” Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge at Penn State Harrisburg. The presentation is free and open to the public.
The expansion of Penn State Harrisburg’s intercollegiate athletic program took another noteworthy step today (Wednesday, Aug. 22) with the formal dedication of its new baseball field.
Javier Mendoza, named the best Latin Artist in St. Louis for 2006, brings his Spanish American sounds to Penn State Harrisburg for a 4:30 p.m. concert Wednesday, Sept. 26.
The concert in the Community Center of the student housing complex is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6273.
A public lecture focusing on legends of the origin of Polish Jews comes to Penn State Harrisburg Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Visiting Fulbright Scholar Dr. Haya Bar-Itzhak will discuss "Poland as Landscape in the Legends of Polish Jews" at 6:15 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building. The presentation is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6470 or e-mail [email protected].
The popular Sunday Latin dance classes at Penn State Harrisburg are returning September 16.
The free lessons, open to the public, have proven to be popular with community residents since their inception two years ago.
Lessons under the direction of Loida Esbri will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on consecutive Sundays through October 21 in the Multipurpose Room of the Capital Union Building on campus.
Esbri also coordinates a local dance group called Forlanco.
He is not white. He is black. Yet, Klan-Destine Relationships musician and author Daryl Davis has come in closer contact with members of the Ku Klux Klan than most white non-members and certainly most blacks.
And he continues to do so, making him one of the most unique lecturers on the college speaking circuit today.
A native of Philadelphia, Romont Harris got his first taste of the spotlight while in high school, where he reigned as the unofficial class clown.
Since then, he has taken his comedic talents on the road where he has become a popular performer entertaining audiences with a "well-rounded show of comedy, song, and dance."
Age-group competitive swimmers in the area will have the opportunity to receive instruction from Olympic Gold Medalist Josh Davis when Penn State Harrisburg's aquatics center hosts a clinic Saturday, Nov. 10 from 1 to 5 p.m.
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member Samuel Winch is taking his teaching and research expertise in media ethics to Tajikistan.
Dr. Winch, the coordinator of the college’s undergraduate major in Communications, has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Office of International Programs grant to visit the Central Asian nation in September to speak with journalists, editors, students, and faculty about journalism ethics.
