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Traveling museum at York

York continues Black History Month celebration

2/13/19

Poems by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, or Gwendolyn Brooks may be among the favorites of Penn State York students to be shared during an open microphone and poetry reading set for 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the campus.

group of students with Fred J. Saffold

Penn State Lehigh Valley celebrates Black History Month with traveling exhibit

2/13/19

Students, faculty and staff joined Fred J. Saffold III, founder of the True Black History Museum, to celebrate Black History Month on Feb. 6 at Penn State Lehigh Valley. The True Black History Museum was on display most of the day in Centre Hall to allow all students to see the rare and authentic artifacts.

Summer academy students learn about mineral structures

Opening the STEM classroom to students with visual impairments

2/12/19

The STEM Extension Weekend at Penn State, taught by members of the Eberly College of Science, aims to show high school students who are blind or visually impaired that they can go to college for and have a career in science, even with their visual impairments.

Susan Leviton

Penn State Harrisburg to welcome Yiddish folk artist Susan Leviton

2/8/19

The Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies at Penn State Harrisburg will present an afternoon of music and storytelling by Yiddish folk artist Susan Leviton at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Olmsted Building Gallery Lounge (Room W107). Leviton will perform historical and contemporary Yiddish songs interwoven with folk tales.

Traveling exhibit uses artifacts to educate during Black History Month

2/8/19

Fred Saffold III, founder of the True Black History Museum, brought more than 150 artifacts, including original documents from historic figures such as Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington, to Penn State Brandywine on Feb. 5. He presented the True Black History Museum’s “A Tribute to the African-American Journey” exhibit to celebrate Black History Month.

Herman Bennett

Noted scholar on the African diaspora to visit Penn State on Feb. 21

2/8/19

Herman Bennett, professor of history at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, will deliver a lecture titled “Before the Human: Africans, Sovereigns & Slaves” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, in 160 Willard Building at University Park. The event is free and to the public.

Sophia and dairy farm worker

Undergraduate students engage with Latino farmworker community through course

2/7/19

Because of significant labor shortages, Pennsylvania's dairy farms rely on Spanish-speaking immigrants as a key source of labor. However, cultural differences and language barriers can leave employers and workers lost in translation. A new, innovative community service-learning course — "Service-Learning with Pennsylvania Farmworkers" — offered by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences is aimed at breaking down those barriers.

Voices Share Your Story Showcase

Penn State Libraries event to showcase unique storytellers in their own words

2/4/19

The third annual "(All In) Voices" human storytelling showcase may have a new title, but its commitment to diversity and inclusion through the unique storytelling of guest “voices” will be as powerful as ever. Previously called the Human Library, the event will be held on Feb. 13 and welcomes the participation of Penn State students, faculty, staff and local community members.

Global Boarders event in Trippe Hall

Global Boarders spring events focus on the Mediterranean

2/4/19

Global Boarders are a subset of Penn State Behrend students who have chosen to join an internationally focused living-learning community located on one floor of Trippe Hall. In Trippe, Global Boarders are sharing experiences that extend beyond the classroom in an atmosphere enriched by special academic and out-of-classroom opportunities.

Chinese New Year Celebration York

Campus to celebrate Lunar New Year and the Year of the Pig, Feb. 5

1/31/19

Lunar New Year, sometimes referred to as Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, will be celebrated at Penn State York to usher in the Year of the Pig on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The festivities, from 12:15 until 1:30 p.m. in the Conference Center of the Main Classroom Building, are free and open to the campus community.

Me, The "Other"

'Me, The 'Other'': Free film screening and discussion set for Feb. 19

1/31/19

The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development and the Bahá’í Campus Association will host a screening of "Me, The 'Other'" followed by a discussion with the director of the film, Shidan Majidi, at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 in Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center.

Musicians sit on stage while they play their baroque-period instruments.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra to return to Penn State on Feb. 28

1/30/19

Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Trio Arabica — in concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Schwab Auditorium — will take listeners back to 1740, when coffee houses were the places to listen to music and share stories in both the famous trading centers of Leipzig and in the ancient city of Damascus.

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