Child Care

Stepping Stone, Inc.

Stepping Stone Childcare has been offering quality childcare services to the children of the faculty, staff, students and alumni of Penn State Harrisburg for over ten years. The programs that the childcare center provides not only meet the child's social, emotional and physical needs, but also support intellectual and creativity development. Some components of these programs include: music, free play, outdoor play, art creative activities, storytelling, science and language development. Also, nutritious snacks and lunches are provided by the center.

Stepping Stone Childcare will take infants (6 weeks) through 12 years of age and is open Monday Through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Stepping Stone Childcare Phone Number: 717-948-6128

College News

Barbara Sims named Academic Leadership Program Fellow

Penn State Harrisburg Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Barbara A. Sims is one of only five University faculty members to be named a Fellow of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program.

The CIC is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago.

Through its leadership program, participants who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills. Those selected from Penn State for the 2008-09 program have been chosen because of their significant contributions and potential to undertake leadership responsibilities at the University.

2007 Alumni Fellow to deliver commencement address

Shelley Clark Nickel, associate vice chancellor for planning and implementation for the Board of Regents, University System of Georgia, will deliver the keynote address at Penn State Harrisburg’s spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 17 at the Giant Center in Hershey.

A native of Stroudsburg, Nickel earned an undergraduate degree in Community Development in 1978 and a master’s in Public Administration in 1982 from Penn State. She was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 2007.

Finance Club’s investments to assist deserving students

Members of Penn State Harrisburg’s student Finance Club will soon gain real-world experience in investments while raising funds to support deserving students.

The generosity of friends and alumni of the School of Business Administration has resulted to this point in a fund of $5,000 which the Finance Club members will use to invest in the stock market with profits supporting an annual award presented to an undergraduate student majoring in Finance.