The Penn State Harrisburg schedule of summer courses is now available at Penn State's Schedule of Courses. You can see the course list and other information at the college's summer site. More information will be added to the listings as it becomes available.
Kathleen Pavelko, president and CEO of witf, delivered Penn State Harrisburg’s fall 2012 commencement address on Saturday, Dec. 22. The college conferred more than 600 undergraduate and graduate degrees during the ceremony, which began at 9:30 a.m. at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.
The Penn State Harrisburg choir will accompany two-time Grammy Award winning vocalist Rita Coolidge on Friday, Dec. 14 at 8:00 p.m. in the Sunoco Performance Theater of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, located in downtown Harrisburg.
The choir is directed by Dr. Adam Gustafson, instructor of music.
Dr. Omid Ansary has been named senior associate dean for academic affairs, after a national search for this senior leadership position at Penn State Harrisburg. The appointment becomes effective immediately. Dr. Ansary has served as the interim senior associate dean since July 2010.
When Charlie Kupfer , associate professor of American studies and history, began research for his second book, “Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway,” he sometimes felt like a time traveler.
Communicating the similarities of two groups of students separated by thousands of miles, language barriers, and cultural divides was the task of Lewis Asimeng-Boahene, Penn State Harrisburg associate professor of social studies education as he served as cultural liaison in the new Hershey’s Learn to Grow: Ghana Distance Learning Program.
Jared S. Rife, lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in American studies at Penn State Harrisburg, received the 2012 William Wells Newell Prize at the American Folklore Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans for his paper on children's folklore. Rife’s article, "Playing with the Sacred: LDS Children's Games for Boredom and Entertainment," also was published in the annual “Children’s Folklore Review.”
Penn State Harrisburg introduces Weekend College, a program featuring classes held two weekends a month and online, to help working adults balance a busy schedule with attending college. Weekend College classes begin in January 2013; an information session will be held on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 12:30 p.m. in the Capital Union Building’s Quiet Study on campus.
Dan Kamin, physical actor, speaker, and producer, will entertain and educate audiences at Penn State Harrisburg, Thursday, Nov. 29 with three different events, which are free and open to the public.
This year, each of Penn State Harrisburg’s five academic schools presented an Alumni Achievement Award to one of their graduates who demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishment. The awards, bestowed during the Alumni Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with Homecoming on Oct. 12, 2012, honor a diverse collection of talents and accomplishments from across the college.
!["Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway," by Charles Kupfer](/sites/harrisburg/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/indomitable_will.jpg?itok=RXeITBM4 ""Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway," by Charles Kupfer")
