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18-648: Penn State Harrisburg Library (Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA) is an academic library which serves Penn State Harrisburg , the Harrisburg (or Capital) campus of the Pennsylvania State University . It is one of more than 20 libraries in Pennsylvania State University Libraries system. Penn State Harrisburg Library is located at 351 Olmsted Drive and is open more than 90 hours per week (including nights and weekends) [1] . In addition to

36-538: A medium-sized academic library with 275,000 volumes, over 1 million pieces of microfilm, 1,430 journal subscriptions, and 300 databases, the Penn State Harrisburg 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 m ) modern facility and officially opened on January 10, 2000, for

54-407: A prerequisite to national and international preeminence in most other areas of academic enterprise." Moore led the development of the first World Campus Master's degree courses in adult education. Penn State World Campus uses multiple technologies to make some of Penn State's well-respected graduate, undergraduate , and continuing professional education programs available anytime, anywhere throughout

72-445: A print collection, the library provides numerous online resources. The library's primary users are students and faculty of Penn State Harrisburg. To get started, new student, staff, and faculty must have a Penn State Access Account [2] and password, and must register with the library [3] . Adult residents of Pennsylvania may apply for a “community borrower” card and a Friends of Penn State Account [4] which provides limited access to

90-625: Is located along the Susquehanna River near Middletown , Pennsylvania. Two other Penn State campuses, the Penn State University College of Medicine (which is affiliated with the nearby Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center ) and Penn State Dickinson Law are located in the surrounding region. Harrisburg International Airport and the Middletown Amtrak station ( Keystone Service ) are within one mile (1.6 km) of

108-509: Is the online campus of Pennsylvania State University , a public university in Pennsylvania . Launched in 1998, World Campus grew out of the university's history in distance education that began in 1892. It offers more than 200 online undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs in partnership with Penn State academic units. World Campus offices and a major part of its technical infrastructure are located at Innovation Park on

126-757: The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), from July, 2013- June, 2019. Penn State–Harrisburg was formerly a member of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) from 2007–08 to 2012–13. In July, 2019 PSU-H rejoined the NEAC (currently rebranded as the United East Conference ).Penn State–Harrisburg sponsors the following teams: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, golf, men's and women's soccer, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball. As

144-706: The Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Harrisburg grants associate , bachelor's , master's , and doctoral degrees. In addition to the 33 full baccalaureate programs it offers, as one of the 24 campuses of the Penn State, the college also offers the first two years of study leading to more than 160 majors offered throughout the Penn State system. The college also houses 24 master's degree programs, as well as doctoral programs in American Studies , Engineering Systems, and Public Administration . At

162-469: The USA. Penn State Vice-President Jim Ryan became persuaded of the quality of the pedagogy being developed in these courses and in 1992 he commissioned the setting up of a University-wide Task Force to study the potential of a major initiative, the conclusion being that "The Task Force firmly believes that there is a very real possibility that national and international preeminence in distance education may prove to be

180-634: The University Park Campus. Penn State World Campus is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). Penn State started offering distance education courses in 1892, when it launched one of the nation's first correspondence study programs to farmers around Pennsylvania. More than one hundred years later, in 1998, the University reaffirmed its commitment to providing accessible learning to all who need it with

198-546: The building's wireless network, and a floor-by-floor map. 40°12′15″N 76°44′28″W  /  40.2043°N 76.7411°W  / 40.2043; -76.7411 Penn State Harrisburg The Penn State Eastgate Center, opened in 1991 in downtown Harrisburg , contains state agencies such as the Pennsylvania Securities Commission and Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System as well as hearing rooms for workers compensation that also occupy space in

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216-664: The building. As of 2012, all classrooms and administrative personnel previously located in this building were relocated to the Middletown campus. 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

234-579: The campus. The Pennsylvania Turnpike also runs nearby to the campus. The area that the campus now occupies was originally used for farming, before serving as Olmsted Air Force Base . It was purchased by Penn State University at the time of the college's founding. 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 NCAA 's Division III ( United East Conference ). They formerly competed primarily in

252-514: The launching of Penn State World Campus. One of several roots underpinning the policy decision to establish World Campus was a decade of experimentation at The American Centre for Study of Distance Education in the College of Education, in which Professor Michael G. Moore developed and taught some of the world's first online courses, including cadres of students in several cities in Mexico and Europe as well as

270-602: The library's resources. A medium-sized college library serving residential and commuter students, the Penn State Harrisburg Library intends to be a place where students can work comfortably and collaborate effectively. The library adapts to emerging technology while providing friendly, face-to-face service. The building is a 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m) facility and opened in January, 2000. The Library Guide [5] provides contact information, instructions for using

288-492: The start of spring semester. 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 can house up to 260 students in its 4-person apartments. The college has several fraternities and sororities. 40°12′20″N 76°44′47″W  /  40.205525°N 76.746433°W  / 40.205525; -76.746433 Penn State World Campus Penn State World Campus

306-668: 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 . Penn State Harrisburg's campus

324-405: 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. Penn State Harrisburg was considered fully transitioned into a four-year college by 2004. As a college and graduate school of

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