The Penn State Forum Speaker Series committee has announced the lineup for the coming year. The 2019-20 speakers include a grief consultant, a social entrepreneur, a performing artist and educator, a creative director, the CEO of the Pittsburgh Foundation, a Wild Nature Institute scientist and the Penn State Laureate.
Among Dr. Amy J. Goldberg's many titles, trauma surgeon was the one she used throughout her Penn State Forum speech on April 16 at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
Mark Focht, deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of New York City Parks and Recreation, spoke at the Penn State Forum on Feb. 8 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. "My definition of equity as it relates to public spaces: all people, regardless of their place in society, have a right to safe and easy access to high quality, attractive, safe, clean, sustainable and resilient public spaces, which reflect their communities, values and needs. ... This to me is equity and public space," he said.
Retired U.S. Army Maj. Shawn Morelli presented "Don't Limit Your Challenges; Challenge Your Limits" during the Penn State Forum held Nov. 28 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center at University Park. Morelli, a 1998 Penn State graduate, talked about her struggles as a wounded veteran and her fight to recover from injuries sustained from an IED explosion in Afghanistan.
"If we adopt the idea, that art delights, instructs and moves, and we think about governing as moving one another, steering one another, then — in this definition — all art is, de facto, political. It tries to delight, to instruct, and to move us in some way," said John Champagne, the 2018-19 Penn State Laureate, during his lecture on Oct. 12, part of the Penn State Forum speaker series.
Charlene Teters, academic dean at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a citizen of the Spokane Nation, spoke about her lifelong journey as an artist, writer, educator and activist, at the Penn State Forum on April 24, held at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
Julissa Arce, immigration and education advocate; co-founder and chairman of Ascend Educational Fund; and author of "My (Underground) American Dream," spoke on her struggles as an undocumented immigrant during the Penn State Forum on March 20 at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus.
John Urschel, a mathematician and retired professional football player, presented "Order and Chaos" at the Penn State Forum on Feb. 20 at the Nittany Lion Inn. Urschel, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics while playing football at Penn State, played three seasons for the Baltimore Ravens before retiring from the NFL in 2017 to focus full time on earning his doctorate in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Seth Miller, executive director of the Innocence Project of Florida and president of the Innocence Network, presented “Innocence Lost: Finding Justice and Freedom for the Wrongfully Convicted” at the Penn State Forum Speaker Series on Dec. 8 at University Park campus.
Linda Yaccarino, chairman of advertising sales and client partnerships at NBCUniversal, presented "Navigating the Future of a Fragmented Industry" at the Penn State Forum on Oct. 24 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
The Penn State Forum Speaker Series committee has announced the lineup for the coming year. The 2017-18 speakers include a retired NFL player, a Vietnam War veteran, a student activist, an immigration and education advocate and the Penn State Laureate.
“I am a rescuer of objects that are underappreciated. I am the one picking through your trash at night. I rescue these objects because so many of them have personal stories and narratives. They were a part of someone’s life and family and have a history that I want to carry forward.” -- Rebecca Strzelec, professor of visual arts at Penn State Altoona and the 2016-17 Penn State Laureate, spoke during the Penn State Forum Speaker Series Tuesday (Feb. 7).
In recognition of its 100th anniversary, AAUW State College, an organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research, has established the AAUW State College Centennial Speaker Endowment at Penn State. The $100,000 endowment will help underwrite the costs of bringing speakers who have made significant contributions to women’s equity to the Penn State Forum Speaker Series.
Jim Stengel, the former global marketing officer of Proctor & Gamble and current president and CEO of The Jim Stengel Company LLC, talked about how to build a brand in 2016 and beyond at the Penn State Forum April 22.
Richard Silverman, the inventor of Lyrica, talked about how drug discovery can be a combination of ingenuity and serendipity at the Penn State Forum held at the Penn Stater Dec. 1.
