Jennifer Pharr Davis: Speaker, Author, Hiker, Entrepreneur Date: September 15, 2023 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, Dean’s Hall Title of Talk: “Trailblazer: Hard Earned Lessons from the Appalachian Trail and Beyond” Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables The Appalachian Trail runs 2,190 miles from Georgia to Maine. Jennifer Pharr Davis has hiked it three […]
Patrick Evans: “Communicating a Culture of Belonging”
Patrick Evans: Penn State Graduate (1990) and Special Assistant for Public Affairs for the Secretary of the Navy Date: October 23, 2023 Title of Talk: “Communicating a Culture of Belonging” Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, Dean’s Hall Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables Patrick Evans is currently a Captain in the United States Navy […]
Lori Hepner: Penn State 2023-2024 Laureate, “Making the Invisible Visible”
Lori Hepner: Penn State Laureate Date: February 21, 2024 Title of Talk: “Making the Invisible Visible” Location: Penn Stater, Deans Hall Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables A visual artist who has been teaching at Penn State since 2007, Hepner uses movement to abstract and reconstruct images in works that “make the invisible visible,” […]
Lisa Salters: Sports Emmy-Winning Reporter and ESPN Sideline Reporter
This event is made possible with a co-sponsorship from AAUW State College. Lisa Salters: Sports Emmy-Winning Reporter and ESPN Sideline Reporter “My Journey: From PSU TO ESPN & ABC” Date: March 29, 2024 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables Lisa Salters is a versatile, accomplished, Sports […]
Velvet Brown: 2022-2023 Penn State Laureate
Velvet Brown: School of Music Professor, Penn State Laureate for 2022-23 Date: February 23, 2023 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall Join us for a message and musical performance! Title of Talk: “Look Up and Expand Your Reach” Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables
Sabaah Folayan, “Whose Streets” Award-winning film director
Sabaah Folayan: “Whose Streets” Award-winner film director Date: March 23, 2023 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall “The Art of Alignment” How knowing yourself and having the courage to change course can lead to personal fulfillment and professional success. Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/ tables Through screenwriting, filmmaking, and public speaking, […]
Derek Lee and Monica Bond, Wildlife biologists, activists and Penn State professors with “True Tall Tales from Tanzania”
Derek Lee and Monica Bond, Wildlife biologists, activists and Penn State professors with “True Tall Tales from Tanzania” Date: April 20, 2023 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall “True Tall Tales from Tanzania: Giraffe Science and Reasons for Hope in the Biodiversity and Climate Crises” Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables visit […]
Doug Leech : “Successful entrepreneurship in a post-pandemic world.”
Douglas M. Leech, Founder & CEO, Ascension Recovery Services Date: October 25, 2022 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall “Successful entrepreneurship in a post-pandemic world” Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables Mr. Leech has a B.S. degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and worked at Ernst & Young in Pittsburgh before founding […]
Dr. Mark Becker : President of Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
Dr. Mark Becker, President of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities Date: November 3, 2022 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall Won’t Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables Many a college graduate recalls being told “look […]
Dr. Na’ilah Nasir: Education for a Multicultural Democracy: Building a future where we all thrive
Date: December 1, 2022 Location: Penn Stater Conference Center, President’s Hall Visit the registration page to purchase tickets/tables “Education for a Multicultural Democracy: Building a future where we all thrive” Higher education is at an inflection point. It is clear that our higher education systems are falling short of being the equitable and transformative institutions […]