Downtown Bethlehem Association (DBA) businesses in downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania are coming together from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1 to raise funds for pediatric cancer in honor of Penn State Lehigh Valley Day.
Charles Cantalupo, Distinguished Professor of English, comparative literature and African studies, spent years traveling to and researching the cities where one of America’s all-time greatest writers, Edgar Allan Poe, lived throughout his life. On June 4, he performed for the first time the entire sequence of his poems on where Poe lived, called “Poe in Place.”
Each year, Penn State honors several members of its faculty and staff for the highest levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service. The 2015 Faculty/Staff Award recipients — 33 outstanding University employees and one program — reach across campuses, colleges and administrative units and exemplify best practices and achievements among Penn Staters reflecting the University's mission of teaching, research and service.
As part of Penn State’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about sexual violence, the University is marking Sexual Assault Awareness month in April, with events slated to take place at campuses across the Commonwealth. Those events include lectures, film screenings, self-defense training, “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” events and other educational programs.
Lehigh Valley professor Barbara Cantalupo and DuBois Professor Emeritus Richard Kopley are notable Edgar Allan Poe scholars, longtime colleagues and friends. Their most recent collaboration, the fourth International Edgar Allan Poe Conference, was more than two years in the making.
Penn State Lehigh Valley will serve as the host venue for a regional 2014 Pennsylvania Student Press Association Student Journalism Competition held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 8 at the campus in Center Valley.
The Penn State Lehigh Valley veterans fraternity, Omega Delta Sigma, will serve as host for Salute to our Veterans, the campus’s commemoration of Veterans Day, at noon Nov. 11 in Room 135 at the campus in Center Valley. The event pays tribute to the campus community’s military service members and veterans and is free and open to the public.
Penn State Lehigh Valley faculty, with the support of the Student Activity Fee, will host the second annual Global and Cultural Engagement Expo for students from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Room 135. The event’s purpose is to showcase the many international courses and programs that are offered throughout the year at the campus. The event is free and open to students, faculty and staff.
The Penn State Lehigh Valley Alumni Society is accepting orders through Oct. 17 for its semi-annual Berkey Creamery Ice Cream Sale. Ice cream orders will be available for pick up from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at the campus in Center Valley. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Alumni Society First-Year Scholarship Fund.
