UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State pupil organizations and items at campuses throughout the commonwealth can be holding occasions in honor of Black Historical past Month. Right here’s a take a look at a number of the occasions going down on the College’s campuses through the month of February.
This checklist can be up to date as occasions are added all through the month; the College neighborhood is invited to ship range and inclusion occasions for consideration to DiversityEvents@psu.edu.
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK
Feb. 1-22 — The Eberly School of Science options 4 digital audio system within the NOBCChE Chemistry Seminar Series, hosted by the Penn State Chapter of NOBCChE. Register here.
- Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. — Professor Lesley-Ann Giddings, Smith School, Division of Chemistry
- Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. — Professor Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, UNC Chapel Hill, Division of Chemistry
- Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. — Professor Andre Clayborne, George Mason College, Division of Chemistry
- Feb. 22, at 5 p.m. — Jonathan Jones, Fermentation Analysis Group Chief at Corteva Agriscience
Image a Scientist Week, collectively sponsored by the Eberly School of Science and School of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will characteristic occasions targeted on celebrating range and fairness within the STEM fields along with Black Historical past Month. Digital occasions will start on Feb. 6 and can proceed by way of Feb. 16.
Feb. 6 by way of 16 — Picture a Scientist Week, collectively sponsored by the Eberly School of Science and School of Earth and Mineral Sciences, will characteristic occasions targeted on celebrating range and fairness within the STEM fields along with Black Historical past Month. Read more about the full schedule of events in this story.
- Feb. 6–11 — Image a Scientist Movie Screening
- Feb. 10, at 12:30–1:30 p.m. — Image a Scientist Movie Q&A with Jane Willenbring
- Feb.10, at 2:30–4 p.m. — Science Achievement Graduate Fellows (SAGF) Lecture
- Feb. 11, at 7–9 p.m. — Range in STEM Trivia Night time
- Feb. 16, at 7–9 p.m. — EMS Ladies College Panel Dialogue
Feb. 3, at 6 p.m., digital — The Stuckeman Faculty within the School of Arts and Structure is internet hosting Dayton Schroeter and Julian Arrington of SmithGroup, lead designers of the “Society’s Cage” set up, as a part of its Digital Lecture Sequence.
Feb 12 and 14 — The Penn State College Libraries Heart for Black Digital Analysis invitations the campus neighborhood to Douglass Day 2021, our annual celebration for Frederick Douglass. Please be a part of us for a “transcribe-a-thon” with the papers of Mary Church Terrell, a foundational Black activist, educator, thinker and author. The occasion, in partnership with the Library of Congress’s crowdsourcing initiative, By the People, will characteristic a livestreamed program with audio system. For extra info and to register to take part, go to https://douglassday.org.
Feb. 24, by way of Zoom — The School of Info Sciences and Know-how is internet hosting the primary occasion in its “Alumni Identification Talks” collection. The occasion options three Black IST alumni discussing their academic and profession journeys, and the alternatives and challenges they skilled as people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech. Full particulars and registration are available at this link.
PENN STATE ABINGTON
Feb. 4, at 4 p.m. — Zoom link (password: film) — Black Historical past Film Night time & Trivia — The Penn State Abington neighborhood is invited to look at a film and play some trivia.
PENN STATE ALTOONA
Feb. 3, at 7 p.m., digital — Open mic with hip hop artist Propaganda. Propaganda is an American Christian hip hop and spoken-word artist and poet. He has launched 4 albums as an impartial artist and one collaborative album with the rapper Odd Thomas. Propaganda’s concepts stem from how cultures cross and encourage each other and they’ll stretch your thoughts and coronary heart. Link via Connect, here.
PENN STATE BERKS
In honor of Black Historical past Month, Penn State Berks will maintain a collection of free, digital occasions. More information is available in this story.
- Feb. 1 — “Entrepreneurship 101,” introduced by Sydnie Marlella, Penn State alumna
- Feb. 8 — “Minding the Tasks of Scholar Management,” introduced by Taion Walters, Penn State alumnus
- Feb. 9 — Videotaped Interview with Julia Coney of Black Wine Professionals, by Pauline Milwood, assistant professor of hospitality administration at Penn State Berks
- Feb. 12 — “Scientific Breakthroughs by Black Scientists,” introduced by Berks college students Chantel Bennett, Kelli Coates and Sheily Salas.
- Feb. 15 — “Life after Berks: An Open Discussion board,” introduced by Dom Robinson, Penn State Berks alumnus
- Feb. 16 — Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter World Community, Zoom link
- Feb. 19 — “Artists and Authors from Africa and the African Diaspora,” introduced by Thomas Lynn, affiliate professor of English and program coordinator of the affiliate diploma in letters, arts and sciences; and Samantha Kavky, affiliate professor of artwork historical past.
- Feb. 22 — “The Constructing Blocks to School Success,” introduced by Dennis Beale, CEO of Energy of Notion LLC
- Feb. 26 — Range Sequence Occasion: ‘Being Black at Berks”
DICKINSON LAW
Feb. 19, at 3:30–4:30 p.m., Zoom — Dickinson Regulation Group Conversations to characteristic Professor of Regulation Tonya Evans, who will focus on her private {and professional} “first/solely” journey from the tennis courts to the courtroom of legislation in addition to the nontraditional path that ready her for the fun of educating, entrepreneurship and life-long studying. Evans joined the Dickinson Regulation school in July 2020 to proceed and increase her work in blockchain and cryptocurrency, knowledge, expertise, leisure legislation and social justice. She owns the Advantage Evans Academy and hosts the Tech Intersect Podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights new and notable specialists on the intersections of legislation, enterprise and expertise. Open to the Dickinson Regulation neighborhood; for extra info, contact Julie Cullings at jlc707@psu.edu.
Feb. 17, at 1–4 p.m. — Wellness Wednesday at Dickinson Regulation.
Be a part of us as we have fun Black Historical past Month and our return to in-person instruction by supporting an area, Black-owned meals truck enterprise for Wellness Wednesday. Soul Burrito may have a wide range of burritos out there, together with conventional rooster, candy BBQ rooster, beef, vegan, jerk rooster, and extra. All masking and social-distancing necessities have to be adopted.
Feb. 25, at 1–2 p.m., Zoom — Black Historical past Month Keynote Speaker Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the Nationwide Affiliation for the Development of Coloured Folks (NAACP), will ship the keynote, titled “Make Black Historical past Month All 12 months Lengthy.” The occasion, co-sponsored by the Black Regulation College students Affiliation and Educational and Scholar Providers Workplace, is open to the Penn State neighborhood; registration is required here to obtain the Zoom hyperlink. For extra info, contact Julie Cullings at jlc707@psu.edu.
PENN STATE LEHIGH VALLEY
Feb 11, at 2-3 pm. — “Essence of Democracy: Dying To Dream,” with artist Ify Chiejina, Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Richardson and Makayla Brown-Paul, president of the PSU-LV Black Scholar Union. Moderated by Ann Lalik, Artwork Gallery director. Essence of Democracy is a collection of conversations with artists whose work provides voice to these usually unheard. Free and open to the general public. Register here.
Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. — Penn State Lehigh Valley will collaborate with Penn State Harrisburg to supply Bert and Det’s Epic Rap Battles of Black Historical past. PSULV college students ought to examine their emails for the Zoom hyperlink.
