Latin dance classes return to Penn State Harrisburg September 21

The popular Sunday Latin dance classes at Penn State Harrisburg are returning September 21.

The free lessons, open to the public, have proven to be a hit with community residents since their inception three years ago.

Forum series to offer perspectives on the upcoming election

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With the presidential election less than two months away, Americans are faced with examining and making sense of a variety of major and many times quite complicated issues.

With the luxury of drawing on a depth of faculty scholarship and research expertise, Penn State Harrisburg has assembled an interdisciplinary blend of academic experts supplemented by leaders from government to help area residents sort through the issues in a series of Wednesday public discussions beginning September 17.

2003 grad named associate director of new Hershey museum

Penn State Harrisburg graduate Amy Bischof is playing a major role in the new museum being constructed by the M.S. Hershey Foundation.

Bischof, who earned a master’s degree in American Studies from the college in 2003, has been appointed associate director of The Hershey Story, the new museum is now under construction on Chocolate Avenue and scheduled to open in January.

2002 grad new Gettysburg High School principal

Mark Blanchard, who earned a master’s degree in Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State Harrisburg in 2002, is the new principal of Gettysburg Area High School.

A former English teacher who earned his undergraduate degree from Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, Blanchard began his career in education at Baptist Bible School in Shiremanstown, Cumberland County.

New book examines hunting from a cultural perspective

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Does hunting promote violence, not just to animals, but to humans as well? And is hunting, with its connection to the land and frontier experience, a heritage worth preserving?

These questions and more form the foundation for discussion in Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies by Penn State Harrisburg Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore Simon J. Bronner.

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