New minors in Sociology and Psychology are now available to undergraduate students at Penn State Harrisburg.
The 18-credit minors were added this fall “due to continued student requests,” says Associate Professor of Sociology Kamini Grahame. “We already had established baccalaureate majors in the two disciplines, so it made sense to offer the minors.”
Hasia R. Diner brought her quest to dismantle the notion of American Jewish “forgetfulness” of the Holocaust to Penn State Harrisburg’s Gallery Lounge recently with an hour-long presentation of her research findings.
When the student choirs from six Penn State campuses “raised the song!” recently in Harrisburg, it brought the University closer together for the nearly 200 singers who participated.
The work of Trevor Blank, an American Studies doctoral student at Penn State Harrisburg, has earned national honors from the American Folklore Society.
In observance of AIDS Awareness Month, Penn State Harrisburg is hosting a public presentation by filmmaker Brad Lowery and a showing of his acclaimed No One Will Ever Know on December 3.
The 12:30 p.m. film presentation and discussion are free and open to the public in the Gallery Lounge of Olmsted Building. For information, phone 717-948-6273.
Hershey High School’s vocal ensemble, “Cantabile,” will join Penn State Harrisburg’s student choir to herald the coming of the holiday season in a free public concert December 8 at 5:15 p.m. in the Morrison Gallery of the college library.
State Senator Patricia H. Vance will deliver the keynote address when Penn State Harrisburg confers more than 500 undergraduate and graduate degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, December 19.
The ceremonies for students who have earned associate, bachelor’s master’s, and doctoral degrees will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Giant Center, Hershey.
Building on years of research and two published books, a Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has created a web site dedicated to profiling the historic African American emigration to Liberia.
Penn State Harrisburg recently hosted a “Research Symposium on EnerG,” an overview of the Innovation Transfer Network effort pairing area business with regional faculty and students on energy-related initiatives aimed at accelerating commercialization.
The symposium brought together all parties involved for an update on the partnerships progress.
Do you like M&Ms? Ever wonder where the blue M&Ms came from?
A free presentation on “Lessons Learned in Launching the Blue M&M,” featuring Steve Vesce, president and chief executive officer of the Hershey Management Group, LLC, comes to the Special Events Room on campus Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 6:15 p.m.
