Sen. Vance to deliver commencement keynote

State Senator Patricia H. Vance will deliver the keynote address when Penn State Harrisburg confers more than 500 undergraduate and graduate degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, December 19.

The ceremonies for students who have earned associate, bachelor’s master’s, and doctoral degrees will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Giant Center, Hershey.

Research to investigate victimization in Latino community

A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has been awarded a $680,000 federal grant to help eliminate a research gap profiling victimization in the Latino community.

Assistant Professor of Social Science Chiara Sabina received the two-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to focus on the national level of dating violence and victimization among Latino adolescents which she a terms “mush more understudied” group than others in that community.

Learning Center program earns recertification

Penn State Harrisburg’s Learning Center peer tutor training program has earned a five-year recertification from the College Reading and Learning Association. With this certification, Penn State Harrisburg remains one of only seven certified colleges in the capital region.

The certification provides recognition and positive reinforcement for the tutors’ successful work and sets a standard of skills and training for tutors.

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