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Welcome Week events planned at Penn State Harrisburg | Penn State University

Welcome Week events planned at Penn State Harrisburg | Penn State University

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Penn State Harrisburg is planning several events to welcome students to campus for the fall semester. Extending through the first week of classes, Welcome Week activities are intended to welcome back returning students and help new students become engaged with campus life and the surrounding community.

The full slate of events can be found at harrisburg.psu.edu/welcome-week.

New students have many signature mandatory events scheduled for them throughout the first weekend on campus, including Move-In Day on Friday, Aug. 19 and Saturday, Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Student Convocation on Sunday, Aug. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Capitol Union Building (CUB) Gym, Playfair on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the CUB Gym, educational sessions and residence hall meetings.

A welcome and Convocation T-shirt giveaway for all incoming students will take place on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. in the Kulkarni Theatre. 

There also will be events and information sessions intended for returning, off-campus and international students.

Some Welcome Week events scheduled include:

Friday, Aug. 19

  • Friday Night Social — Includes yard games, music and food.  (Capital Village Quad and Community Center, 7 to 10 p.m.) 

Saturday, Aug. 20

  • Choose Your Adventure — For all students; students will be able to choose from several activities including a fitness class, trip to Target or Walmart, crafts, tour to find classrooms, and games. (Check-in will be at the Student Enrichment Center (SEC) Living Room at 9:30 a.m.)
  • Off-Campus Student Check-in and Gathering — A social for students to connect with each other. (SEC Lobby, 4 to 5:30 p.m.)
  • Residence Life Block Party — An evening of music and giveaways. (Capital Village Quad, 7:30 to 10 p.m.)

Sunday, Aug. 21

  • Choose Your Adventure — (SEC Living Room, 9:30 a.m. to noon)
  • All incoming students:
    • Convocation from 3:30 to 5 p.m. — CUB Gym (Mandatory)
    • Paw Photo at 5:15 p.m. — (SEC Lawn)
    • Convocation Celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Free food and live music (Vartan Plaza)
    • Outdoor Movie: “Dr. Strange” at 8 p.m. – (SEC Lawn)

Monday, Aug. 22

  • First Day of School Photos —  Photos, coffee, pastries and Penn State cookies. (Olmsted Atrium, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

Tuesday, Aug. 23

 Wednesday, Aug. 24

  • PAC Giveaway — PSU Pennant (Olmsted Atrium, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
  • Kickball and Intramural Games — (Turf Field, 9 to 11 a.m.)

Thursday, Aug. 25

  • Lawn Games — Corn hole, ladder ball, badminton and Frisbee disc. (Vartan Plaza, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
  • Mike Super — Magic and illusion show, register via Engage.  (Kulkarni Theatre, 7 to 8:30 p.m.)
  • Drag Bingo — (Stack’s Stage, 9 to 10:30 p.m.)

Friday, Aug. 26

  • Breakfast with Student Affairs — (Olmsted Atrium, 9 to 11 a.m.)
  • Late Night Activities at the CUB — (CUB, 9 p.m.)

 Saturday, Aug. 27

  • PAC Trip to Hersheypark — Register via Engage. (Olmsted Parking Lot, 10:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.)
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Syracuse fails to win any events at Penn Relays, some runners earn personal bests

Syracuse fails to win any events at Penn Relays, some runners earn personal bests

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The Syracuse track and field team traveled to the University of Pennsylvania for the Penn Relays this weekend. The events began for SU on Thursday with the men’s and women’s 400m hurdles.

Shaleah Colaire placed 10th on the women’s side, finishing at 1:00.26, and also placing 19th (14.04) in the 100m hurdles. Meanwhile, on the men’s side, Xayvion Perkins placed seventh overall with a time of 52.71 seconds.

On Friday, Kahniya James raced in the women’s 100m dash, but she placed 12th in her heats and did not qualify for the final heat. Despite failing to make the last heat, James finished with a new personal best time of 11.60.

The men’s 4x100m team — comprised of James Nmah, Jaheem Hayles, Isaiah Lewis and Trei Thorogood — placed 10th, which was one spot out of qualifying for the final round. The quad completed the race in 41.99 seconds, .33 seconds slower than LIU-Brooklyn.



The final event for Syracuse on Friday was the men’s 4x200m relay. This quad of Naseem Smith, Nmah, Lewis, and Thorogood placed ninth overall in at 1:27.38.

The following day, Hayles competed in the men’s 110m hurdles where he placed 2nd in the finals finishing under a tenth of a second behind the winner of the race, Phillip Lemonious from Arkansas. Anthony Vazquez also competed in this event. Though he did not make it to the finals, Vazquez set a personal best, crossing the line in 14.20 seconds.

In the women’s 4×100 women’s relay, the Orange took sixth overall. Kaleia Arrington, Janelle Pottinger, James and Colaire raced for Syracuse in that order; they finished in 45.67 seconds, shortly after Hampton.

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Penn Relays 2022: Boys preview, N.J. outlook for all 13 events

Penn Relays 2022: Boys preview, N.J. outlook for all 13 events

The Penn Relays is set to return to Franklin Field in Philadephia on Thursday morning after missing the past two seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The action gets underway at 9 a.m. with New Jersey’s hopefuls looking to make a name for themselves in what hopes to be a monumental day on the track and in the oval.

Many of the state’s top athletes on the boys side have chances to secure wins for various different events, and many are seeking to become the first boys champion for the Garden State since 2018.

With that being said, here are the previews for all 13 of the events.

Track events

Mile run

3,000

4×100

4×400

4×800

DMR

Field events

Shot put

Javelin

Discus

Pole Vault

Long Jump

High Jump

Triple Jump

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Penn State Senior Week Events Run Through April 29

Penn State Senior Week Events Run Through April 29

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Senior Week, a week-long celebration of the graduating Class of 2022, began on Monday, April 25, and is set to run through Friday, April 29. The program is hosted by the Penn State Alumni Association.

Check out this week’s remaining campus events, which seniors are free to attend:

Wednesday, April 27

Homecoming Legacy Celebration

  • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Penn State Homecoming’s annual celebration on the HUB Lawn, featuring refreshments from the Alumni Association

LinkedIn For Job Seekers

  • Noon to 1 p.m.
  • A webinar that teaches students how to perfect their resumes and navigate their job searches

Bell Tower Tours

  • 3 to 5 p.m.
  • An exclusive tour of Old Main’s bell tower provided by Lion Ambassadors

Thursday, April 28

University-Wide Senior Sendoff

  • 1 to 4 p.m.
  • A graduation event held in the Hintz Family Alumni Center featuring free food, giveaways, and networking opportunities

Friday, April 29

Movin’ On

  • Starting at 3:30 p.m. 
  • Penn State’s end-of-the-year concert, featuring performances by Fitz & The Tantrums, The Aces, Aminé, and Jack Harlow

To learn more about Senior Week and this week’s events, visit the Penn State Alumni Association’s website.

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Local athletes set to dominate individual events at Penn Relays

Local athletes set to dominate individual events at Penn Relays

Performances in the relays have received the lion’s share of the spotlight, but Jamaican high schools have also done very well in individual events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia in the United States.

This trend should continue this week as several of these athletes are highly ranked on the World Athletics Under-20 Top List.

After a magnificent season so far in both the triple and long jump events, where he has won the double at both the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) and the Carifta Games, Kingston College’s (KC) Jaydon Hibbert looks set to end his high school career on a high when he competes in the Championships of America High School Boys triple jump. The unbeaten Hibbert, who is ranked number one in both events among all juniors, will only contest the triple jump at the Penn Relays as both events take place simultaneously.

Hibbert, who won silver in the triple jump a year ago at the World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, has a leading mark of 16.66 metres and the University of Tennessee-bound athlete is expected to take top spot at the Penn Relays. Rajaun Ricketts of Jamaica College (JC) who finished second at Champs with 15.11m, is also down to contest the event.

JC’s Uroy Ryan, who was second to Hibbert in the Class One long jump at Champs, with 7.75m to Hibbert’s 7.87m, will be hoping to give Jamaica back-to-back wins in the event following Wayne Pinnock’s success in 2019. Petersfield High’s Rayon Walters and Demario Prince of St Jago High, with 7.32m and 7.28m, respectively, will also compete in the long jump.

EXPECTED TO BRING SUCCESS

Aaron McKenzie is expected to give KC their second individual success in the high jump. The Champs Class Two winner with 2.11m, topped his teammate, Verol Sam, who won in Class One with 2.05m. McKenzie will be eager to make up for his loss at the Carifta Games, where he ended third in the Under-17 category.

Edwin Allen High’s Christopher Young and Calabar High’s Kobe Lawrence, who finished first and second, respectively, in the Class One Boys’ Shot Put, look set to dominate in this event, where Young is the top seed with 19.37m and Lawrence, the second seed, with 18.86m. Young’s teammate at Edwin Allen, Trevor Gunzell, the Champs Class One discus winner, should complete a double success for the school. His season’s best 61.65m should make him hard to beat.

Following her disappointment at Champs in the Class One discus, where she was the overwhelming favourite to win but could only manage seventh, Holmwood Technical’s Cedricka Williams should shine in the event at the Penn Relays. Williams, who is ranked number two on the World Under-20 Top list with 53.91m, showed her pedigree at the Carifta Games with an impressive win in the under-20 event. She should ensure that the title remains in Jamaica following the win by Excelsior High’s Adrianne Adams in 2019. St Jago’s Abigail Marston and Camperdown High’s pair of Britannia Johnson and Victoria Christie are also in this event.

St Jago’s Anishka McDonald, the Carifta under-20 high jump champion, is expected to have a battle royal in the event with Toria Caven. Vere Technical’s Caven won in Class Two at Champs and has a season’s best of 1.78m, just behind McDonald, whose season’s best is 1.79m. McDonald did not compete at Champs.

Edwin Allen’s Serena Cole should close out a good meet for Jamaica when she contests the long jump. Ranked number two on the World Under-20 Top list with a best of 6.36m, Cole won in the Class One event at Champs and at the under-20 level at the Carifta Games.

Athletes will not get the chance to go for glory in the 400m hurdles, an event that Jamaica has dominated over the years. The organisers have removed it from the schedule for this year’s meet.

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Strong Showing in Field Events Leads Penn State on First Day of Split-Squad Meets – Penn State University Athletics

Strong Showing in Field Events Leads Penn State on First Day of Split-Squad Meets - Penn State University Athletics

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Penn State track and field teams collected seven event victories and two field event sweeps on a successful opening day of split-squad action at the UCF Knights Invitational and Raleigh Relays Friday.

In addition to the seven event victories, multiple athletes achieved personal records and top-10 program placements in the strong Penn State showing Friday.

Indoor Big Ten runner-up Katie Jones kicked the day off in Orlando with a first-place finish in women’s pole vault, clearing a height of 4.00m. The win began a dominant string of field events for Penn State that saw Tyler Merkley come out on top of a Nittany Lions men’s discus sweep, with a throw of 52.11m. Senior Thomas Bojalad and sophomore Duane Knisely rounded out the sweep with throws of 51.13m and 48.23m, respectively. The duo followed up by also placing second and third, respectively, in men’s shot put, with marks of 16.69m and 16.24m.

Indoor Big Ten bronze medal winner Breanna Gambrell won the women’s long jump with a mark of 6.24m, setting both a new outdoor personal record as well as the eighth-best jump in Penn State history.

Strong performances by the men’s throwers continued after first-year Collin Burkhart spearheaded another Nittany Lion sweep, winning the men’s javelin with a new personal best throw of 68.19m. Kevin Bartosh followed in second with a throw of 65.06m, and Tristan Schmidt completed the sweep with a distance of 61.48m. On the women’s side, the duo of Madison Smith (44.37m) and Ryann Brundage (40.79m) placed second and third in strong showings.

Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year Mallory Kauffman saw two top-3 finishes on the day, as she placed third in women’s discus with a toss of 45.58m before finishing second in women’s shot put with a throw of 16.82m.

On the track, Penn State saw a sweep of the 400m hurdles from both the men’s and women’s side, as both Godwin Kabanda (54.08) and Antoninette Bradley (1:00.42) secured first-place finishes. Ka’mere Day won the men’s 200m dash with a new personal best time of 21.02.

In their outdoor debuts, Korbin Martino finished fourth in the men’s 200 with a personal best time of 21.45, and Allen Taylor finished second in the men’s 400m hurdles with a 54.92.

In the Raleigh Relays, Madaline Ullom ran the ninth-fastest women’s 1500m in program history with a time of 4:20.27. Makenna Krebs achieved a new personal best time of 4:29.01. Senior Connor McMenamin led Penn State in the men’s 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:03.26. 

Penn State closed out the day in the 5000m race, with Faith DeMars running a time of 16:27.07 and Alison Willingmyre running a 16:35.41. Sophomore Sophia Toti finished with a time of 16:40.34.

The Nittany Lions will resume action in Orlando tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET, beginning with women’s hammer throw.

 

FULL DAY 1 RESULTS:

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Penn State Altoona to hold events for Startup Week April 4-8

Penn State Altoona to hold events for Startup Week April 4-8

A University-wide event, Startup Week brings leading minds in entrepreneurship and innovation to Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth. The week features entrepreneurial workshops, networking events, student pitch competitions, and presentations from startup founders and corporate innovators, including Penn State alumni. Startup Week inspires students to go beyond what is expected of them and expand their minds to think more broadly in whatever career path they choose.