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
Shaun Gabbidon named distinguished professor
Penn State Harrisburg criminal justice faculty member Shaun L. Gabbidon has become the second scholar in the college’s history to be named a Distinguished Professor by the University’s Office of the President.
Since joining the School of Public Affairs faculty and its undergraduate and graduate programs in Criminal Justice in 1999, Gabbidon has built a national and international reputation for his research and writing on criminal justice issues, including race and crime, security administration, and pedagogical issues in criminology/criminal justice.
College hosts 26th Mathcounts competition Feb. 13
Lower Dauphin Middle School will be seeking its second consecutive team title when students from 18 area schools converge on Penn State Harrisburg’s Capital Union Building for the 26th annual MATHCOUNTS competition Saturday, Feb. 13.
A nationwide program for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students designed to promote excellence in mathematics through coaching and competition, the regional MATHCOUNTS event is a 26-year partnership between Penn State Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Chapter of the Society of Professional Engineers.
‘How Rock N Roll Tore Down the Walls of Segregation’
Rhythm and Blues and Rock N Roll had a tremendous impact on changing American society’s view of race, says legendary music producer-turned-historian Steve Buckingham.
Buckingham will explain how the music of such greats as Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, and even Elvis Presley played a vital role in integrating society when he brings his “How Rhythm and Blues and Rock N Roll Tore Down the Walls of Segregation” presentation to Penn State Harrisburg February 18.