January 20, 10-11 a.m. and 3-4 p.m.: “Have You Heard? Notable Speeches at Penn State” Audio broadcast of Martin Luther King Jr.’s address at Rec Hall on January 21, 1965, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Special event for 29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration 2014.
January 21, 4 to 6 p.m.: Grand opening reception of the Student Financial Education Center, Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library
Tuesday, January 21, 1:30–3 p.m.315 Pattee Library, west: Introduction to Zotero
January 21, 6–7 p.m. “Budgeting—a presentation by SFEC Peer Educators.” The Peer Educators are students who have been trained in specific areas of personal finance (budgeting, credit cards and student loans), who will work one-on-one with students in the Financial Education Center to improve and sustain financial literacy at Penn State. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
January 22, 12:15 p.m.: Science Under Attack: Has the public lost faith in scientists? (film – 52 min.) The consensus of the world’s science academies is that climate change is real, and that it’s caused by human activity. Why, then, do so many people doubt these findings? EMS Museum, Deike Bldg
January 22, 5:30–7 p.m.: “Wage and Tax Fundamentals,” a workshop on taxes for students and part of “MoneyCounts: A Financial Literacy Series” by SFEC Advisers Dr. Daad Rizk and Dr. Cathy Bowen. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
January 23, 5:30–6:30 p.m.: “Student Financial Aid,” by SFEC Adviser Brad Yeckley. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
January 23, 10–11:30 a.m., 302 Paterno Library: Introduction to Mendeley
January 28, noon -1:00 p.m.: Brown Bag Talk on “Visualization of Historic Maps and Special Collections to Optimize Teaching and Research,” by Kathy Weimer, Coordinator of Map and GIS Library at Texas A&M University Library. Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library
January 29, 12:15 p.m.: Secret Life of Ice (film – 49 min.) Ice may be one of the strangest substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but can melt in the blink of an eye; it is transparent, yet can glow with color. EMS Museum, Deike Building.
January 30, 2–3 p.m.: Visiting scholar Ellen Gruber Garvey will give a presentation, “Hidden Histories: African American Scrapbooks Talk Back to the White Press in the 19th Century.” Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
** Save the Date** Annual Dean’s Diversity Forum, Monday, February 24, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Foster Auditorium (and on Media Site). Mark Puente, director of Diversity and Leadership Programs at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will be the speaker. More information will be forthcoming.