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Professional Development Resources For Your Organization

Organizations invest in their human capital in order to be competitive and profitable, to meet strategic business objectives and priorities, and to innovate. HU recognizes this and works with many different kinds of organizations to develop and support professional training and education initiatives and solutions as a part of this investment. HU is an active member of the workforce community in this region and, therefore, is a local, long-term partner interested in understanding, and responding to, your organization’s professional development priorities.

What we do:

We have worked with organizations to develop a wide range of professional development solutions and programs that include:

  • Noncredit training events, series, and certificates
  • On-site, credit-based offerings short of a degree such as workshops, institutes, clinics, concentrations, and specializations
  • On-site degree programs
  • Academic Program Evaluation for Employer Training

We can build programs and training in key areas like:

  • Learning and entertainment technologies
  • Project management
  • Information systems engineering and management
  • Computer and information sciences – new media design and production, computer & information security, software engineering and analysis
  • Management and eBusiness – digital health, digital government, interactive media management
  • Biotechnology – food safety and quality, nanobiotechnology, pharmaceutical design
  • Environmental science and renewable energy
  • Forensic science
  • Geospatial technologies

Sample training programs and forums we have developed and delivered include:

  • Java Training Series for IT professionals
  • Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum: Serious Games and Simulations
  • Project Leadership Forum
  • Digital Health Forum
  • Food Safety Legislative Forum
  • Food Safety Certification (HACCP and SQF)
  • Project Management Fundamentals
  • GIS Executive Briefing
  • Transform Your Education and Training Projects with Games and Simulations
  • Series of Modules to Develop E-Learning
  • Technology for Learning (T4L): Game and Simulation Design and Development
  • Online Advanced Information Technology Training

Who we serve:

  • Science, technology, and management professionals
  • Educators and administrators
  • Senior staff responsible for innovation and decision-making

Driving values:

Integrity

  • Leverage university resources and expertise within our network for professional development
  • Focus on key areas of academic strength within science and technology and related fields
  • Staffed by professionals with significant experience and expertise in meeting the education and training needs of university clients

Responsiveness

  • Conduct education and training needs analyses (if needed)
  • Consultative approach to the development of training and education solutions
  • Work to find fit between the organizations we serve and the subject matter experts matched with them
  • Align with, and complement, existing professional development resources in organizations

Flexibility

  • Build on previous programs developed, but strict, "off the shelf" and "one size fits all" are the exception rather than the norm
  • Develop schedules and budgets that meet the needs of your organization and employees
  • We deliver education and training where it makes the most sense and has the most impact. On-site at your organization, on-campus in Harrisburg, or some combination of the two.

Utility

  • All professional development programs follow the university’s commitment to applied, experiential and competency-based training and education
  • Focus on enhancing the ability of professionals to apply what they have learned immediately (and over the long-term) to their jobs and positions

Questions on how to tap into HU’s professional development resources: Call Bilita S. Mattes, D.Ed., Associate Provost for Strategic Markets, at 717.901.5134 or email ProfessionalEd@HarrisburgU.edu.