• First-of-its-kind scholarship will aid students with disabilities

    May 16 2012

    Educational opportunities have been expanded for students with disabilities at Penn State Harrisburg. An anonymous Penn State Harrisburg graduate has joined with the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation to create the college’s first scholarship for students with disabilities. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Endowed Trustee Scholarship at Penn State Harrisburg will assist students with financial need and will mean greater access to higher education for undergraduates.

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  • Scholarship created in honor of graduate

    Mar 30 2011
    Steve and Judy Davis, son and wife of John “Jack” A. Davis, who had a college scholarship created in his honor by ArcelorMittal.

    Penn State Harrisburg engineering students will benefit from a recent gift from the ArcelorMittal steel company.  The ArcelorMittal Award, in memory of the late John “Jack” A. Davis, a former ArcelorMittal employee and Penn State Harrisburg graduate, recognizes a junior or senior engineering or engineering technology student with a record of outstanding academic achievement.  This gift comes as the college pursues the goals of For the Future:The Campaign for Penn State Students.

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  • Greenhouse construction begins

    Sep 21 2010
    Greenhouse groundbreaking

    Penn State Harrisburg has begun construction of a specialized 3,500-square-foot greenhouse complex, the first phase of a planned $1.6 million biotechnology research and teaching facility. A September 16 groundbreaking ceremony marked the start of the greenhouse project, expected to be completed late this year.

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