Join us in congratulating our faculty on their promotions!   Melissa Gervais - Associate Professor, Matt Kumjian - Professor, Ying Pan - Associate Professor, Colin Zarzycki - Associate Professor, Rob Lydick - Assistant Teaching Professor, Art Person - Associate Research Professor, and Steve Seman - Associate Teaching Professor

The Big Ten Academic Alliance's (BTAA) Department Executive Officers (DEO) program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks; among them is Distinguished Professor and head of the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Paul Markowski.  The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ preeminent model for effective collaboration among research universities.

Mane Khachatryan, a second-year biology major at Penn State Harrisburg, said she didn’t really get to delve into science until she came to college. So when she heard about EnvironMentors — a program that helps expose high school students to STEM — she jumped at the chance to help younger students explore the field. “I wish I had opportunities like this in high school,” she said.