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Word Cloud September 2018 McCourtney Institute Mood of the Nation Poll

Mood of the Nation Poll finds one person's anger is another's pride

10/12/18

Responses to the September McCourtney Institute Mood the Nation Poll reveal partisan differences concerning President Donald Trump, but also football player and activist Colin Kaepernick, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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FBI special agent to present as Distinguished Alumni Speaker

10/9/18

Retired FBI agent and Penn State alumnus James Fitzgerald will present "A Journey to the Center of the Mind," on Thursday, Oct. 25 as part of the College of Health and Human Development Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series. The talk will be held at 7 p.m. in the Ruth Pike Auditorium, 22 Biobehavioral Health Building. It is free and open to the public.

Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature talk by UNC Greensboro's Mark Rifkin

10/9/18

Mark Rifkin, director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program and professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will present “Among Ghost Dances: Sarah Winnemucca and the Production of Tribal Identity” at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 15 in 102 Kern Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.

Greg Mitchell

Chapel intern finds passion for data through summer internship

10/8/18

Greg Mitchell, a senior and a Paterno Fellow double majoring in economics and community, environment and development, spent the summer as a consultant with Bates White Economic Consulting. Mitchell was accepted to the Chapel Executive Internship program through the College of the Liberal Arts, which gave him a $5,000 stipend so he could work and live in Washington, D.C., for the summer.

Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature talk by Yale's Seth Jacobowitz

10/5/18

Seth Jacobowitz, assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and affiliate faculty in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, will present “Ishikawa Tatsuzô’s São Paulo” at 12:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8, in 102 Kern Building on Penn State’s University Park campus.

2018 graduates participating in Teach for America

Teach for America recruiting all students

10/4/18

Penn State is one of the top contributing schools to the Teach for America program, and last year, the College of the Liberal Arts had the most hires of any other college at the University. Seniors and graduates of all majors and backgrounds are welcome to apply before the Oct. 17 deadline.

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye to present 2018 Emily Dickinson Lecture on Oct. 11

10/4/18

Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye will read from her works as part of Penn State’s annual Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11. The event, free and open to the public, will take place in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium.

Dr. Richard Catalano

'Communities That Care' is topic of 2018 Bennett Lecture

10/3/18

The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center will welcome 2018 Bennett Lecturer Richard Catalano, Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and co-founder of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington, on Oct. 25, at University Park. The lecture, in its 16th year, is free and open to the public.

26th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues will take place Oct. 22-23

10/2/18

The 2018 National Symposium on Family Issues will focus on the challenges that families in rural areas face and the strategies they take to maintain financial stability, health and well-being. The symposium, “Rural Families and Communities,” will be held Oct. 22-23 at the Nittany Lion Inn.

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