Teacher Education Unit earns national accreditation

Penn State Harrisburg’s commitment to achieve national accreditation of its professional academic programs whenever the opportunity exists has reached an historic milestone.

The college has just been informed that its Teacher Education Unit, which consists of undergraduate and graduate programs, has earned full accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Faculty seminar to focus on artificial intelligence

The final 2008 installment in the Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Seminar Series will feature a presentation by Professor of Information Systems Parag Pendharkar Wednesday, Dec. 3 at noon in the Gallery Lounge.

Dr. Pendharkar’s presentation will focus on artificial intelligence, decision support, and software engineering. A light lunch will be provided

Web 2.0 and ‘Project Unity’ presentation Dec. 4

Web 2.0 has ushered in a new wave of social computing that enables teams to collaborate, share information, and create new services online. Lockheed Martin’s “Project Unity” is one such example.

Conceived as a way of applying Web 2.0 technologies for “mission success,” Project Unity is a social computing ecosystem that integrates Google enterprise search appliance, Microsoft’s Windows SharePoint Services, and Newsgator’s Enterprise Server.

Heard on campus   election reflections

America has spoken – definitively.

Barack Obama will be the nation’s 44 th President.

In a storied election, the American public voted overwhelmingly for change as the nation struggles with serious problems – both at home and abroad.

Coral reef study tour information session December 9

Educators and environmentalists interested in studying coral reefs can take advantage of a Penn State Harrisburg Continuing Education-sponsored study tour to Honduras in July 2009.

The July 1 to 11 educational program, an outreach service of the college’s School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, will examine coral reefs and coral reef habitats, whale sharks, mangroves, flora and fauna, and human activity on the island of Utila, a part of the Bay Islands Archipelago, 30 miles off the Caribbean coast.

Heard on campus – the innocence of Ray Krone

Dover, Pa., native Ray Krone told everyone he was innocent. For 10 years, few believed him.

But through two trials, a death sentence, and a decade of wrongful imprisonment, he never quit.

Penn State Harrisburg faculty member earns national accolade

Penn State Harrisburg faculty member Shaun Gabbidon’s pioneering research and scholarship in the field of criminal justice has earned him another national accolade.

For his "outstanding work in the field of racial and ethnic issues in criminology," the Professor of Criminal Justice has been named the winner of the W.E.B. Du Bois Award presented annually by the Western Society of Criminology.

1994 graduate saluted by Training and Development Society

Penn State Harrisburg graduate Robert D. Jackson’s many years of service as a human resource professional has been saluted with a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development.

Jackson, who earned a master’s degree in Training and Development from the college in 1994, is a state Office of Administration employee with more than 20 years of experience in employee training and human resources. He was one of six finalists for the award.

‘Auction Block to Hip Hop’ performance Dec. 1

The hit off-Broadway play, “Auction Block to Hip Hop,” comes to Penn State Harrisburg’s Olmsted Auditorium for a single performance Monday, Dec. 1.

The 6 p.m. production is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6273.

College choir’s fall concert December 9

Penn State Harrisburg’s choir has invited the Middletown Area High School Choraliers to share its stage when the college hosts its annual fall concert December 9.

The 5:15 p.m. presentation in the Morrison Gallery of the college library is free and open to the public. For information, phone 948-6029.

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