The Keystone Health Promotion Conference, hosted by Penn State Harrisburg, will explore all areas of health and personal wellness for health promotion professionals and will feature three nationally renowned keynote speakers. The conference will be held at the college from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 18 to 20 with social activities on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

Eight seniors in the Penn State Harrisburg Capital College Honors Program presented their theses -- on topics ranging from body image to green roofs and recycled tires -- just before graduation May 4. All said working on their projects -- which in some cases took two years to complete -- has given them direction.

Margaret Jaster, associate professor of English and humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, has received The American Shakespeare Center’s 2013 Words in Action Award. Presented annually on Shakespeare’s birthday, the award recognizes teachers from elementary to university levels whose approach to Shakespeare inspires students and personifies Shakespeare’s advice to be “great in act as you have been in thought.”

Simon Bronner, distinguished professor of American studies and folklore at Penn State Harrisburg, received the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools (NAGS) Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, “designed to identify excellence and creativity in curriculum development and implementation and graduate education at the master's and doctoral levels,” at the organization’s annual meeting April 12 in New Brunswick, N.J.

An anonymous note was found today in the Penn State Harrisburg Olmsted Building alleging that there was a bomb in the building that would explode at 1 p.m. The note was found at approximately 12:50 and the building was evacuated immediately. A search for suspicious items and explosive devices was conducted and nothing was found.

The building was re-opened at approximately 1:30 p.m.

College students have the opportunity to absorb a wealth of information during their undergraduate years, but the ability to sell themselves to prospective employers continues to be a vital checkmark on a collegiate bucket list. Networking with, and learning from, the people who run companies large and small is experience you can't typically gather in a classroom. Add a pressure-packed sales competition and that's the experience two Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration students earned at the National Sales Challenge this past fall at William Patterson University in Wayne, N.J. Add a pressure-packed sales competition and that's the experience two Penn State Harrisburg School of Business Administration students earned at the National Sales Challenge this past fall at William Patterson University in Wayne, N.J.