Topic: “Can Free Enterprise Solve Climate Change?” Location: Ballroom, Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Eric Barron Moderator: Patty Satalia Bob Inglis was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1992, having never run for office before. He represented Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 1993-1998, unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings in 1998, and then returned to the practice […]
10/12/16: Sascha Meinrath
Sascha Meinrath, Palmer Chair in Telecommunications Studies at Penn State Topic: “Vanguard Technologies and the ‘Internet of Things’: Newfound Liberation or Digital Feudalism?” Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater Introduction: Nicholas Jones Moderator: Katie O’Toole Sascha Meinrath is the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications at Penn State University and the founder and director of X-Lab, an […]
12/8/16: Kevin Hines
Kevin Hines, bestselling author; suicide prevention & mental health advocate Topic: “Cracked Not Broken: The Kevin Hines Story” Location: Ballroom, Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Eric Barron Moderator: Patty Satalia Kevin Hines is an award-winning global speaker, bestselling author, documentary filmmaker, and suicide prevention and mental health advocate who has reached millions with his story of […]
11/9/16: Kim Jeffery
Kim Jeffery, retired chairman and CEO of Nestlé Waters North America Topic: “The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement in an Activist World” Location: Ballroom, Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Blannie Bowen Moderator: Katie O’Toole Kim Jeffery is the retired Chairman and CEO of Nestlé Waters North America, the leading bottled water company in North America and the third […]
3/14/17: Julissa Arce
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER Julissa Arce, immigration & education advocate; co-founder & chairman of Ascend Educational Fund; author of My (Underground) American Dream Topic: “The American Dreamer: From Undocumented to Wall Street to Immigration Advocate” Location: Ballroom, Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Nicholas Jones Moderator: Katie O’Toole Julissa Arce is a writer, immigrant […]
2/7/17: Rebecca Strzelec
Rebecca Strzelec, professor of Visual Arts at Penn State Altoona & 2016-2017 Penn State Laureate Topic: “Collections, Computers, and Craft: An Artistic Practice Fueled by Yard Sales and 3D Printing” Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater Introduction: Eric Barron Moderator: Patty Satalia Rebecca Strzelec- Professor of Visual Arts and Program Coordinator of Visual Art Studies […]
3/24/17: Laura Secor
Laura Secor, journalist; author of Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran Topic: “The Unfinished Revolution: Iran’s Struggle for Democratic Reform” Location: Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Eric Barron Moderator: Katie O’Toole Laura Secor, a State College native, has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Foreign Affairs, […]
4/11/17: Roberto Lugo
Roberto Lugo, professor of Art at Marlboro College Topic: “Defacing Adversity: How Scholarship Turns Taggers Into Teachers” Location: Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn Introduction: Eric Barron Moderator: Patty Satalia Lugo was born in Philadelphia as his mother’s third child when she was 21; his father, after completing middle school, worked as a sugar cane farmer […]