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
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.
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.
Obama Administration gets "Six–Month Checkup" Nov. 4
A local consultant physician and surgeon will join three Penn State Harrisburg faculty experts to give a public “Six-Month Checkup of the Obama Administration” at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The presentation in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building on campus is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6315.