“The Last Day,” written by former Nittany Lion and Cincinnati Bengal football star Mike Reid, is an ambitious musical theater piece that tackles issues relevant to today's youth, including mental health and substance abuse among college students.
Penn State architecture alumna Patricia Kucker, who has spent the past 27 years in higher education administration, has been named the interim director of the Stuckeman School in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a third special exhibition for the summer, "George Miller and American Lithography," which opens June 18. The exhibition is selected entirely from the museum’s permanent collection and features 38 prints by an impressive roster of artists who worked with master printer George Miller to create some of their most memorable and recognizable works.
The Campus Arts Initiative, a project of Penn State’s Strategic Planning Seed Grant program, has announced the first eight artist collaborators, which were selected from the more than 158 applicants who responded to a national open call.
The public is invited to the formal dedication of the Barbara O. and James R. Korner Tower Terrace, located under the water tower between the Stuckeman Family and Theatre Buildings, at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14, at the terrace. The terrace is being named for the Korners in honor of their leadership and commitment to Penn State during their 12 years at the University.
Penn State Centre Stage will launch its return to professional summer theatre with "The Last Day," June 12–22, at the Penn State Downtown Theatre, with music by Mike Reid, lyrics by Sarah Schlesinger and book by Reid and Schlesinger. John Simpkins directs, with musical direction by Jennifer Peacock. Reid is a Grammy Award-winning songwriter and former Penn State defensive lineman.
As the days heat up and summer starts, the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced a full slate of programs for June, July and August that will include exhibition openings, Friday gallery talks, and Sunday afternoon docent tours, as well as several exciting family and youth programs, including Family Day, a teen photo workshop, and new drop-in workshop sessions for art lovers of all ages.
The 2019 Penn’s Woods Music Festival kicks off June 11 with Music in the Gardens at The Arboretum at Penn State, featuring the Altoona Brass Collective, with the festival orchestra and chamber music concerts taking place in the School of Music’s new recital hall starting June 16. For the first time, the season will include opera and jazz, along with the classical music festival audiences know and love.
Two posters designed by Ryan Russell, associate professor of graphic design, have been accepted into the 2019 Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé, a biennial elite international design event in Bolivia.
Two new scholarships are providing financial support for the LGBTQA+ community in the College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Architecture.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State has announced the openings of two remarkable summer exhibitions that bring the rich visual culture of 20th-century Mexico to life. "Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography," will be on view June 1 through July 28, and "Myth Meets Modernism: The Manuel Álvarez Bravo Portfolio," will run June 11 through Aug. 4.
Award-winning potter and political activist Roberto Lugo began his art career on the streets, and now he’s taking his work to the streets of Rome. Lugo, a 2014 master of fine arts alumnus of the Penn State School of Visual Arts, is a 2019–20 winner of the Rome Prize, which supports advanced independent work in the arts and humanities.
State College youth in the Roots of Life performing arts ensemble joined with members of the Foxdale Village chorus for a unique intergenerational performance on Saturday, May 11. Titled “Imagine: Songs of Hope and Peace,” the performance featured individuals from under 10 to over 90.
At Penn State alone, there are approximately 300 College of Education alumni working in various capacities across multiple campuses, colleges and administrative units. Regardless of their positions, which include professors, managers, administrative assistants and chancellors, they agree that their degree from the college has helped them in their career.
Nineteen students from various majors, including architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, theater, engineering, risk management, communications and IST, attended workshops created with the goal of analyzing leadership, design and production within the Walt Disney theme parks.
