Penn State Harrisburg hosted its spring 2024 commencement ceremony on May 4 to mark the Class of 2024’s completion of their academic experience and to recognize their many accomplishments.
Carolina Hernández, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, will receive her bachelor’s degree in psychology as part of the Penn State Harrisburg Class of 2024. Here she shares her journey through higher education.
Several Penn State Harrisburg faculty recently were recognized during Research and Discovery Day, hosted by the college’s Office of Research and Outreach.
Penn State Harrisburg has selected six graduates to serve as student marshals at the spring 2024 commencement ceremony. The graduates will bear the banners representing each academic school and, together with the faculty marshals, lead the graduating students during the ceremony processional.
Children’s author and poet Janet Wong will visit Penn State Harrisburg on Tuesday, April 16. Wong will present workshops on writing and teaching poetry at 9 a.m., noon and 6 p.m. in the Hanes Library’s Morrison Gallery on campus.
Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Research and Outreach will host Research and Discovery Day on Wednesday, April 10. This event intends to showcase current areas of research and scholarly activities at the college.
There are many ways Penn State Harrisburg faculty, staff and students are reaching out to encourage and inspire the next generation of STEM students — directly and through their teachers.
Senel Poyrazli, professor of counseling psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, and David Witwer, professor of American studies and history, School of Humanities, have been named distinguished professors by the Penn State Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. They are among 13 distinguished professors named in 2024.
