Penn State Abington will welcome the public for a series of events this month as part of the campus' Cultural Arts Series. Events will include a geocaching treasure hunt on Oct. 9; an installment of the Friday Night Film Series on Oct. 14; a talk about the history of jewelry, the jewelry design process and more on Oct. 23; and a "Who Dun it" program led by forensics expert Lewis Mifsud on Oct. 30.
Students attending the Penn State Abington Law School Forum last week likely didn't expect Lynn Abraham, the gritty former Philadelphia district attorney, to offer them a dose of motherly advice.
Penn State Abington Art Lecturer H. John Thompson has come full circle since his days as an Abington student. As an undergraduate, alum and faculty member, his work has been included in several of the college's group shows. Recently he opened "Making Place," an exhibit in the campus' Woodland Gallery featuring his own paintings and constructions.
Individually and collectively, Penn State Abington women's soccer is off to a rousing start this season. Not only has the team won its first three games, but two of its players were named North East Athletic Conference (NEAC) student-athletes of the week. Junior midfielder Brittany Middleton and first-year goalie Gabrielle Benedict were honored for their performances in the team's first two games. Middleton has scored three goals and racked up two assists, and Benedict has 14 saves and two shutouts to her credit this season.
On the picturesque late summer day of Sept. 9 -- a day not unlike Sept. 11, 2001 -- the Penn State Abington community gathered to honor the nearly 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks. The simple remembrance was held in a room devoid of chairs or obvious decoration, which was symbolic, according to Associate Director of Student Affairs Gina Kaufmann. "It is appropriate that we stand in memory of those who were lost," she said.
Last week, critically acclaimed filmmaker Parvez Sharma challenged Penn State Abington students to reinterpret their relationships with religion, politics and sexual orientation in the 21st century. The appearance by Sharma, whose debut documentary "A Jihad for Love" sparked an international furor, launched the college's fall lecture series.
ABINGTON, Pa. -- 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 Live and in Penn State Newswires. Below and in the video link http://bit.ly/nVOzuO, Miller discusses how encounters with art can change lives, as it did for Miller when she first read Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" (1929).
Penn State Laureate Linda Patterson Miller, professor of English at Penn State Abington, will begin her journeys into western Pennsylvania, serving as a "laureate-in-residence" as she interacts with the campus communities at Penn State DuBois (Sept. 13); Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (Sept. 14); Penn State Shenango (Sept. 15); and Penn State Beaver (Sept. 16). Miller will be participating in individual classes and symposiums along with engaging larger audiences in public forums at these locations. "I invite anyone in these geographical areas to join with us for these public presentation as we variously explore the art of American diary-keeping, the lives and art of the 1920s Lost Generation, and the art of Ernest Hemingway as discovered in his letters and early prose," said Miller.
Check in with Miller's travels and follow her literary dialogue, "Literary Landings," at http://laureate.psu.edu/Linda_Miller online. Today, Miller discusses how encounters with art can change lives, as it did for Miller when she first read Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" (1929). To watch a short video of Miller as she provides some background for understanding the transformative power of Hemingway's art, go to http://bit.ly/nVOzuO online.
Penn State Abington recently sprinted closer to achieving full membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The NCAA approved the campus' petition to accelerate the process by 12 months, which means Abington's active NCAA status could begin with the 2012-13 academic year.