Student Programming Association
Student Programming Association
Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2012
10/23/12
Nina Totenberg, NPR, Frank Warren PostSecret, John Legend, Grammy winner
Student leaders offer insights on juggling classes, responsibilities
10/11/11
Elaine Tanella, Leah Matusow, Lindsay Scher and TJ Bard understand what it means to be leaders. As Penn State undergraduate students who also oversee highly active student organizations, they have had to develop time-management and leadership skills while maintaining their course loads. They offered insights into their organizations -- THON, Homecoming, the Student Programming Association (SPA) entertainment committee and the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), respectively -- and their personal approaches to and recommendations for managing classes and extracurricular duties.
SPA concert features two bands
2/8/11
Hundreds of students packed into Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Monday, Feb. 7, for a Student Programming Association-sponsored concert featuring cover band Go Go Gadjet and headlining ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto. Sponsorship by the Student Programming Association (SPA) allowed the concert to be free for Penn State students with valid student identification, while general admission tickets were $5. For more photos of the event, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2424 online.
Heard on Campus: Khaled Hosseini
10/1/10
"I'm doing something I really love for a living. You can't say that about a lot of people -- I never wanted to be a clock-watcher. Now it's allowed me access to the media and a forum to be heard. My books are bringing attention to issues in Afghanistan and their success translates to helping raise money for projects in Afghanistan."
-- Khaled Hosseini, author of international best-seller "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," on his writing career. Hosseini spoke in Eisenhower Auditorium last night (Thursday, Sept. 30) and was the first lecturer of the 2010-11 Distinguished Speaker Series held by the Student Programming Association.
Christopher Gardner to kickoff 2009-10 Distinguished Speaker Series
9/8/09
Christopher Gardner, whose inspirational story of overcoming dire circumstances to become a successful entrepreneur was featured in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness," will lead Penn State's 2009-10 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series. Gardner will speak at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Heard on Campus: Madeleine Albright
2/6/09
"The job of educating and training has always been important but it is especially important now. We need all the education and training we can get to dig ourselves out of today's problems." -- Madeleine Albright, the 64th Secretary of State of the United States during President Bll Clinton's second administration, speaking about the power of knowledge in changing the world's current economic and environmental troubles.
Former Secretary of State is first distinguished speaker of 2009
1/19/09
Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th Secretary of State of the United States during President Bill Clinton's second administration, is the next lecturer in the 2008-09 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series. She will make her appearance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Bob Knight to lead off Distinguished Speaker Series
10/6/08
With numerous NCAA and NIT championships and Olympic and Pan American gold medals among his achievements, legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight will lead off the 2008-09 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series with an appearance at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. The event is free and open to the public but tickets are required for admittance. Tickets will be available for students -- one issued per ID -- on Oct. 13 and available to faculty, staff and the general public on Oct. 20, based on availability.
PostSecret founder wraps up Distinguished Speaker Series April 7
4/1/08
Frank Warren, the founder of the popular Internet confessional PostSecret.com, will conclude the 2007-08 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series with an appearance at 8 p.m. Monday (April 7) in Alumni Hall of the HUB Robeson Center. The event is free and no tickets are required.
January 2013
1/7/13
Photo of the Day collection for January 2013. Penn State's University Park campus.
Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2012
10/23/12
Nina Totenberg, NPR, Frank Warren PostSecret, John Legend, Grammy winner
Student leaders offer insights on juggling classes, responsibilities
10/11/11
Elaine Tanella, Leah Matusow, Lindsay Scher and TJ Bard understand what it means to be leaders. As Penn State undergraduate students who also oversee highly active student organizations, they have had to develop time-management and leadership skills while maintaining their course loads. They offered insights into their organizations -- THON, Homecoming, the Student Programming Association (SPA) entertainment committee and the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), respectively -- and their personal approaches to and recommendations for managing classes and extracurricular duties.
SPA concert features two bands
2/8/11
Hundreds of students packed into Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center on Monday, Feb. 7, for a Student Programming Association-sponsored concert featuring cover band Go Go Gadjet and headlining ska punk band Streetlight Manifesto. Sponsorship by the Student Programming Association (SPA) allowed the concert to be free for Penn State students with valid student identification, while general admission tickets were $5. For more photos of the event, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2424 online.
Heard on Campus: Khaled Hosseini
10/1/10
"I'm doing something I really love for a living. You can't say that about a lot of people -- I never wanted to be a clock-watcher. Now it's allowed me access to the media and a forum to be heard. My books are bringing attention to issues in Afghanistan and their success translates to helping raise money for projects in Afghanistan."
-- Khaled Hosseini, author of international best-seller "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," on his writing career. Hosseini spoke in Eisenhower Auditorium last night (Thursday, Sept. 30) and was the first lecturer of the 2010-11 Distinguished Speaker Series held by the Student Programming Association.
Christopher Gardner to kickoff 2009-10 Distinguished Speaker Series
9/8/09
Christopher Gardner, whose inspirational story of overcoming dire circumstances to become a successful entrepreneur was featured in the film "The Pursuit of Happyness," will lead Penn State's 2009-10 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series. Gardner will speak at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Heard on Campus: Madeleine Albright
2/6/09
"The job of educating and training has always been important but it is especially important now. We need all the education and training we can get to dig ourselves out of today's problems." -- Madeleine Albright, the 64th Secretary of State of the United States during President Bll Clinton's second administration, speaking about the power of knowledge in changing the world's current economic and environmental troubles.
Former Secretary of State is first distinguished speaker of 2009
1/19/09
Madeleine K. Albright, the 64th Secretary of State of the United States during President Bill Clinton's second administration, is the next lecturer in the 2008-09 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series. She will make her appearance at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Bob Knight to lead off Distinguished Speaker Series
10/6/08
With numerous NCAA and NIT championships and Olympic and Pan American gold medals among his achievements, legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight will lead off the 2008-09 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series with an appearance at 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 27, in Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. The event is free and open to the public but tickets are required for admittance. Tickets will be available for students -- one issued per ID -- on Oct. 13 and available to faculty, staff and the general public on Oct. 20, based on availability.
PostSecret founder wraps up Distinguished Speaker Series April 7
4/1/08
Frank Warren, the founder of the popular Internet confessional PostSecret.com, will conclude the 2007-08 Student Programming Association Distinguished Speaker Series with an appearance at 8 p.m. Monday (April 7) in Alumni Hall of the HUB Robeson Center. The event is free and no tickets are required.