Penn State Abington has made an ongoing commitment to raise awareness and to provide education about violence, abuse and bigotry directed at children and all members of our society. During the month of April, Abington will reinforce its efforts with a series of events.
Alexia I. Hudson, reference and instruction librarian at Penn State Abington, recently was elected to the Executive Board of the American Library Association, one of the largest professional organizations in the nation. Her three-year term begins in June.
Penn State laureate Linda Patterson Miller, professor of English at Penn State Abington, will be speaking at three Penn State campuses -- Berks, Brandywine and Abington -- during the last week of March.
Research has concluded that one in five children will suffer sexual abuse before their 18th birthday. To help give voice to these unprotected children, a Penn State Abington student organization is hosting a dialogue with one abuse victim.
Linda Patterson Miller, the 2011-12 Penn State laureate and professor of English at Penn State Abington, is sharing her thoughts and observations of her laureate experience as she journeys across the Commonwealth aiming to engage people in the beauty of the humanities, specifically early 20th-century American literature and art. "Literary Landings" is a travelogue scheduled to appear periodically during the fall 2011 and spring 2012 semesters on Penn State's communications platforms. In her entry "Hemingway's Early Letters Challenge Shop-Worn Myths," Miller reflects on Hemingway's "epistolary art," during the early years of his writing career.
The U.S. Air Force Drill Team will be the featured event during Penn State Abington's annual John Pershing Memorial Drill Competition at noon on Saturday, March 24, in the Athletic Building.
Like drawing back a curtain to let light stream in, the documentary "Miss Representation" details a glaring reality we live with but might fail to see: how the media contributes to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America.
The 90-minute film, rated for children over age 14, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in Room 112 Woodland Building at Penn State Abington. Admission is $5; free to students, faculty and staff. Register at [email protected] or call 215-881-7800.
Members of the Penn State Abington community will gather next week for the highly anticipated Women Who Inspire reception, the centerpiece of events celebrating Women's History Month.
Picture you and your friends spending a lively weekend framed by an award-winning film and the dazzling City Rhythm Orchestra, both at Penn State Abington.
Richard Shrake from the American Philosophical Society (APS) will discuss "Digital Resources Management in Research Libraries: Applying Traditional Ideas to Evolving Technology" at Penn State Abington next week.