Kaitlin and Shane Behmer donated more than $100,000 worth of luxury men's and women's dress clothes to Penn State Harrisburg's Career Closet after the coronavirus pandemic, and an urge to try something new, made them decide to close their high-end fashion store in 2020.
The Penn State civil and environmental engineering (CEE) mentoring program matches students with alumni mentors to prepare them for life after graduation.
UGI Utilities Inc. recently made a gift of $300,000 to Penn State Harrisburg to fund two initiatives. A $250,000 donation created the UGI Educational Equity Scholarship and an additional $50,000 funded the UGI Diversity and STEM Advancement Program.
Justin Jones, who will receive concurrent bachelor of science degrees in management and marketing as part of Penn State Harrisburg’s Class of 2020, discusses his Penn State Harrisburg journey.
Adrianna Diaz, who will receive her bachelors of science degrees in management and marketing as part of Penn State Harrisburg’s Class of 2020, reflected on her time as a Penn State Harrisburg student.
Robert L. Smith astonished the Penn State University Libraries’ Penn State Harrisburg Library with a $1 million estate gift. Although he had no known connection to Penn State except as a community borrower of library materials, his posthumous generosity will support future generations of Penn State Harrisburg students’ academic needs.
Penn State Harrisburg alumnus Steven Overly and his wife, Donna, have made a $7.3 million estate commitment to Penn State that will establish the Overly Scholars Program at Penn State Harrisburg and in the Schreyer Honors College, creating full-tuition scholarships and enhanced educational experiences for high-achieving students.
Aspiring educator Mackenzie Hill recently earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education English from Penn State Harrisburg, a feat made possible with support from Complete Penn State.
After a car accident derailed Clinton Asalu's life and jeopardized his plans to graduate in May, the Complete Penn State program enabled him to stay the course.
To honor the memory of Mindy Sue Nese, who died in 2015, a foundation tied to her longtime employer has created a scholarship in her name at Penn State Harrisburg. The Mindy Sue Nese Memorial Scholarship benefits students from Dauphin County enrolled at the campus.
