Penn State Harrisburg will hold a symposium, examining weapons of mass destruction and U.S. intervention, on Wednesday, October 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 212C Olmsted Building. Titled WMD and US Intervention: Syria, its Neighbors, and the Past, Present, and Future of Global Security, the session will feature several Penn State Harrisburg faculty.
Kimberly Schreck has met families who spent thousands of dollars, even remortgaged their homes, to pay for unproven treatments to try to help their autistic children. Schreck and her colleague Richard Foxx, both professors of psychology at Penn State Harrisburg, are helping families cut through the hype and zero in on the most effective treatments to help children with autism.
As terrorism and organized crime continue to converge, information technology security, identity theft, cyber-attacks and other terrorist threats will increase, predicts Alexander Siedschlag, Penn State’s new chair of online homeland security programs. He is leading the effort to enhance Penn State’s online homeland security programs to prepare professionals for these evolving challenges.
The School of Behavioral Sciences and Education at Penn State Harrisburg is hosting an accreditation visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) March 30-April 1, 2014. Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the visiting team. Click "Read More" for complete details.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold a Graduate School Open House on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the library.
The open house will offer the opportunity to learn about the college’s more than 30 master’s, doctoral, and certification programs; meet with faculty; and obtain admission requirements and financial aid information. RSVP preferred, but not required.
Penn State Harrisburg will hold several events as a part of RAINN Day, an annual campaign sponsored by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) to raise awareness and fight against sexual violence on college campuses.
Jen Hirt, M.F.A., assistant professor of creative writing and English composition, will discuss, “Glow in the Dark,” her 2012 Gabehart Prize for Nonfiction winning creative essay about bats, glow sticks, rejection, and revision on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge.
As students continue to settle into college life and their studies in the new academic year, personal safety and security should also be a top priority. For many new students, this is the first time they have been responsible for their own safety. By adopting simple safety measures and knowing what college resources are available, students will be well equipped to keep themselves and their belongings safe.
In graduate school, Dr. Kimberly A. Schreck met a 14-year-old boy with autism who changed her life.
The boy didn’t just sleepwalk – he threw furniture out of second floor windows while sleeping. Schreck began wondering whether the boy’s sleep deprivation contributed to his aggression.
“Nobody had ever looked at that,” said Schreck, now professor of psychology and program chair of social sciences and psychology at Penn State Harrisburg.
Her graduate school advisor said, “You’ll spend your career working on this.” He was right.
Penn State Harrisburg Professor of Psychology Dr. Kimberly A. Schreck has met families who spent thousands of dollars, even remortgaged their homes, to pay for unproven treatments to try to help their children with autism.
Desperate parents sometimes will try almost anything.
