Penn State Harrisburg
Former names | Penn State Capitol Campus (1966–1986) |
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| Type | Suburban, 218 acres (890,000 m²) |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III - UEC |
| Mascot | Nittany Lion |
| Website | harrisburg.psu.edu |
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Penn State Harrisburg, officially known as the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg—Capital College and also called The Capital College,
The Penn State Eastgate Center, opened in 1991 in
History
The college was initially founded in 1966 as the Penn State Capitol Campus. This new campus was exclusively for upper division undergraduates and graduate students. The first students graduated from the Capitol College in 1968, with the first on-campus graduation taking place in 1969.
The school gained college status in 1986 and was subsequently renamed as the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg—Capital College. Two years later, the college granted its first doctorate degrees.
The college welcomed its first four-year undergraduates in 2001, with its first student housing opening in 2002.[6] Penn State Harrisburg was considered fully transitioned into a four-year college by 2004.
Academics
As a college and graduate school of the Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Harrisburg grants
At the transfer level, the college serves students from all Commonwealth campuses of the Pennsylvania State University, as well as students from community colleges and other accredited colleges and universities.
The college also is the academic and administrative home of the Penn State Intercollege Master of Professional Studies Program in Homeland Security (iMPS-HLS), a partnership of six Penn State colleges sponsoring an online graduate degree program delivered by Penn State World Campus.
Campus and Location
Penn State Harrisburg's campus is located along the
The area that the campus now occupies was originally used for farming, before serving as
Athletics
After a 10-year break from intercollegiate athletics, Penn State–Harrisburg brought back the department as of fall of the 2005–06 academic year. The college now competes in
Library
As a medium-sized academic library with 275,000 volumes, over 1 million pieces of microfilm, 1,430 journal subscriptions, and 300 databases, the Madlyn L. Hanes Library was planned from the outset as a "hybrid" print/electronic library that could accommodate new technologies without sacrificing the personal warmth of the traditional library. The library is a 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m2) modern facility and officially opened on January 10, 2000, for the start of spring semester. In 2022, the library was named in honor of former Penn State Harrisburg Chancellor Madlyn L. Hanes. [9]
Research centers and institutes
- Center For Geographic Information Services provides support for research, education, and outreach efforts requiring the use and analysis of spatial Information. This includes direct assistance to faculty, students, and staff and the development of occasional seminars and workshops on geographic information systems (GIS) software and applications.
- Pennsylvania Center for Folklore documents, studies, and interprets diverse communities and cultural traditions, especially in Pennsylvania.
- Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies organizes research, teaching, and outreach programs on the Holocaust, as well as Jewish life and culture more broadly.
- Center for Survey Research was established to provide professional and technical assistance in survey research methodologies. The CSR serves as a primary resource for state and local government, business, non-profit organizations and public utilities as well as faculty and students who are undertaking opinion research.
- Cooperative Extension Capital Region Office
- Economic Development Research And Training Center
- Institute of State and Regional Affairs
- Eastern American Studies Association
- Pennsylvania Program to Improve State & Local Government
- Pennsylvania State Data Center was established in 1981 by executive order of the governor and is Pennsylvania's official source of population and economic statistics and services. In addition to serving as Pennsylvania's liaison to the Census Bureau, the PSDC also serves as the state's representative to the Federal-State Cooperative Programs for Population Estimates and for Population Projections.
- Center for Signal Integrity supports research and product development for local and national companies in analyzing high-speed electrical interconnects to improve the reliability and performance of digital systems.
Student life
Housing
The main on-campus housing, The Capital Village, is located on the northeast part of the campus. Additional housing is offered down Olmsted Drive; Nittany Apartments[10] can house up to 260 students in its 4-person apartments.[11]
Greek life
The college has several fraternities and sororities.[12] These include:
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) Fraternity - Pennsylvania Psi Eta chapter
- Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) Fraternity - Pi Psi chapter
- Kappa Beta Gamma (ΚΒΓ) Sorority - Phi chapter
Noted faculty
- Shaun L. Gabbidon
- Vahid Motevalli
- Simon J. Bronner (emeritus)
Notable alumni
References
- ^ "David M. Callejo Pérez named chancellor at Penn State Harrisburg".
- ^ "Penn State Harrisburg Fact Sheet".
- ^ "Penn State Harrisburg Fact Sheet".
- ^ "Better Know a Branch Campus: Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College". Onward State. December 5, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 2, 2010.
- ^ "Milestones and Memories". harrisburg.psu.edu. Penn State Harrisburg. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
- ^ "Penn State Harrisburg Graduate Degrees". Penn State Harrisburg. Archived from the original on March 24, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Penn State Harrisburg". Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ "Madlyn Hanes honored at Harrisburg library naming ceremony".
- ^ "Board OKs purchase of Nittany Village apartment complex, additional land | Penn State University". news.psu.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Nittany Village | Harrisburg | Housing & Food Services". harrisburgcampusliving.psu.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ Pike, 777 West Harrisburg; Middletown; Pa 17057 717-948-6000. "Fraternity and Sorority Life". Penn State Harrisburg. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
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