Child Care
The Penn State Harrisburg Early Learning Center is operated by Hildebrandt Learning Centers of Dallas, Pa., and will be licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. The Center provides a high-quality early childhood education for approximately 65 young children ages 6 weeks through 5 years. The Center is open to children of Penn State employees, faculty, and staff as well as families from the surrounding community. Care is provided year-round, Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Hildebrandt Learning Centers (HLC) was established in 1991 to provide high quality, on-site child care centers for employers in Pennsylvania. HLC is dedicated not only to meeting the needs of working parents, but is also committed as an organization to provide children and parents with the finest in early childhood programs. With these goals in mind, all HLC centers operate utilizing the standards developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in order to seek and achieve the distinction of accreditation from this prestigious organization. For more information about Hildebrandt, please visit their website.
College News
College playing key role in national intelligence effort
Penn State Harrisburg is a key partner in a federally funded University initiative aimed at encouraging Pennsylvania school students to consider college majors which lead to careers in the U.S. intelligence community.
The two-year, $1 million grant from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) involves Penn State Harrisburg, the University’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), and the Penn State Office of Military and Security Programs.
Heard on campus – Franklin and the Junto
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member and Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau terms his recent discovery of a long-lost poem written in 1732 as “one of the greatest finds of my career.”
An associate professor of humanities and history, Boudreau’s research interests focus on Franklin and his philosophical organization called the Junto and the role it played in the cultural transformation of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Boudreau recently related his research findings during a Gallery Lounge presentation hosted by the offices of Academic Affairs and Research and Graduate Studies.
Health care reform will come, expert panel concludes
The consensus of a panel of experts addressing health care reform in America is that change will come, but it will be in increments.
The 90-minute session taped for statewide broadcast by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) was moderated by Assistant Professor of Health Administration Jill Rumberg. The panel consisted of Dana Kellis, senior vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at Pinnacle Health Systems, Associate Professor of Health Education Sam Monismith, and Associate Professor of Health Care Administration and Policy Cynthia Mara.