The Penn State Beaver Dance Marathon (THON) Committee is partnering with the Red Cross to host a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 7, in the campus Student Union Building Lodge. For each person who donates blood, the Red Cross will donate $4 to THON to help with pediatric cancer research and provide support for patients and their families.

The public is invited to attend a free holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Student Union Building auditorium at Penn State Beaver. The concert will feature the Beaver County Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Monaca Cornet Band. The concert will feature a variety of traditional holiday favorites as well as a wide range of secular and sacred music. For information about the concert or to obtain directions to the campus, contact the Office of Campus and Community Relations at 724-773-3815 or rxm70@psu.edu.

Donna M. Newell will be the speaker at Penn State Beaver's fall commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Dec. 21, in the Student Union Building auditorium. Newell, principal owner and president of NTM Engineering Inc. in Dillsburg, Pa., attended Beaver campus for two years before graduating from Penn State. She has 17 years of civil engineering experience, specializing in hydrology and hydraulics (H&H). Her background includes designing hydraulic structures, performing H&H analysis and modeling, performing bridge scour analysis, investigating safe yields and developing in-house computer programs for water resources engineering applications.

Donna M. Newell will be the speaker at Penn State Beaver's fall commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21, in the Student Union Building auditorium. Newell, principal owner and president of NTM Engineering, Inc. in Dillsburg, Pa., attended Beaver campus from two years before graduating from Penn State. She has 17 years of civil engineering experience, specializing in hydrology and hydraulics (H&H). Her background includes designing hydraulic structures, performing H&H analysis and modeling, performing bridge scour analysis, investigating safe yields, and developing in-house computer programs for water resources engineering applications. She has held her current position since 2007. Prior employers included Erdman Anthony & Associates, Mechanicsburg, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Camp Hill; Penn State University Park, State College, and Westinghouse Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin. Newell holds a master's degree in environmental engineering and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Penn State. For information about the fall commencement program, contact the Beaver campus Office of Academic Affairs at djm5@psu.edu or 724-773-3571.

The Penn State Beaver Office of Career Services will host a Part-time Job Fair, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the lower lobby of the Student Union Building. In addition, the Reach Out Community Service Fair will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, in the Lodge, upper level of the Student Union Building. To register or obtain more information about these events, contact Career Services at http://www.br.psu.edu/StudentServices/CareerServices/careers.htm, lbm12@psu.edu, or 724-773-3961.

A photography display entitled 'Standing Still; behind solitude' by Kyung Min Kim is on display in the lower lobby hallway of the Penn State Beaver Student Union Building. Kim, a native of Seoul, South Korea, is a sophomore psychology major at Beaver. Later this month, he will exhibit a series of his paintings in the same location. The public is invited to view the exhibits. For information, contact Kim at kik5129@psu.edu, or contact his course supervisor, Carol Schafer, associate professor of theatre, integrative arts, and women's studies, at cas33@psu.edu or 724-773-3591.

African-American author and speaker Daryl Davis will present a talk titled "Klan-Destine Relationships" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in the Student Union Building auditorium at Penn State Beaver. His presentation is free and open to the public and provides an overview of his book by the same name. Davis will chart his experiences in infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan and offers a personal, real-life look at racism in the United States.

The public is invited to attend a free screening of "Skin" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, in the Penn State Beaver Student Union Building auditorium. The film, which is part of the campus' Global Film Series, depicts a true story set in apartheid South Africa in the 1950s and 1960s.

For information about the Global Film Series, contact Robin Schreck, coordinator of residence life and student activities, at ras62@psu.edu or 724-773-3947.