Spring 2023 Events
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January 18 W-013 Pattee Library |
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series Lauren Granese, Assistant Director, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network "How to Get an Internship" |
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January 25 W-013 Pattee Library |
Katie Wysocki, Director, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network and Sharon Nickalls, Global Experiences Coordinator, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network "Exploring Education Abroad Opportunities & Funding" |
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February 1 W-013 Pattee Library |
Christopher Witko, Associate Director, School of Public Policy "Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence" |
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February 8 W-013 Pattee Library |
Daryl Cameron, Associate Professor of Psychology "Empathy as a Choice" |
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February 15 W-013 Pattee Library |
Doug Goodstein, Student Programs Coordinator, Sustainability Institute "Sustainability at Penn State" |
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February 22 W-013 Pattee Library |
Kathy Salzer, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of History & Gorman-McCourtney Early Career Professor in Medieval History "Pre-Modern Examples of Human Exploration, Migration, and Conquest" |
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March 1 W-013 Pattee Library |
Kate Baldanza, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, and Clara Drummond, Curator and Exhibitions Coordinator Guided Tour: "Between the Lines: Global History of the Book" |
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March 15 W-013 Pattee Library |
Gary Adler, Associate Professor of Sociology "Politics and Prayers: How Government Leaders Engage Religion (or Not)" |
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March 22 W-013 Pattee Library |
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series Amanda Scott, Assistant Professor of History and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies "End of the Road: Pilgrims, Vagrants, and Exiles in Early Modern Spain" |
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March 29 W-013 Pattee Library |
Sarah Brothers, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy "Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder during the Overdose Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for Expanding Access" |
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April 5 W-013 Pattee Library |
Jenae Neiderhiser, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies |
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April 12 W-013 Pattee Library |
Jim Tybout, Professor of Economics "Globalization, Automation, and Career Paths" |
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April 19 W-013 Pattee Library |
Katie Wysocki, Director, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network and Sharon Nickalls, Global Experiences Coordinator, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network "Exploring Education Abroad Opportunities & Funding" |
CANCELED: Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Fall 2022 Events
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August 31 Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library |
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series Lauren Granese, Assistant Director, Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network "Expanding your Horizons: An Overview of Liberal Arts Enrichment Resources" |
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September 7 W-013 Pattee Library |
Catherine Wanner, Professor of History, Anthropology, and Religious Studies "Updates on Russia's War in Ukraine: What We Can Expect Next" |
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September 8 Pattee Mall |
Liberal Arts Undergraduate Festival Explore the forty-nine majors, fifty-three minors, and six Student Services offices in the College of the Liberal Arts, and enjoy Berkey Creamery ice cream, freebies, raffles, and more! The Career Enrichment Network will also host a mock career fair. |
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September 8 |
The goal of MASH is to create a non-judgmental space where students can come together to explore mindfulness-based and scientifically validated practices related to stress reduction, well-being, and human flourishing. We will delve into researched topics that center around what it means to live a life of happiness, purpose, social connection, and resilience. Meetings will include individual and social contemplative practices, group discussions, and guest talks by experts in various fields. More info... |
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September 12 4:00 p.m. Orientation on Zoom | View the recording 6:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social on Sparks Building patio |
At PFP’s virtual orientation, you’ll have a chance to meet the directors, staff, and students; review program requirements; learn how we can support your experience; and hear from recent PF graduates! All first-year students are required to attend Orientation (or to watch the recording). Sign up in advance to get the meeting link: bit.ly/2022-pfp-orientation. After the meeting, meet us on the Sparks patio! We'll have some ice cream and get to know each other. |
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September 14 W-013 Pattee Library |
Kevin Hulburt, Assistant Teaching Professor of English "Why Mindfulness and the Science of Happiness Should Be Part of the College Experience" |
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September 15 224 Chambers Building |
Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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September 21 W-013 Pattee Library |
Elizabeth Ransom, Interim Director of the School of International Affairs "Global Food Systems amidst Disasters: What Have We Learned?" |
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September 22 224 Chambers Building |
Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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September 28 W-013 Pattee Library |
Christian Haines, Associate Professor of English "Climate Change and the True Life" |
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September 29 224 Chambers Building |
This week: "What is Mindfulness?" Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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October 5 W-013 Pattee Library |
Jeremy Engels, Barry Director of the Paterno Fellows Program "Ask the Director" |
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October 6 224 Chambers Building |
This week: "Pleasure, Joy, Pain, and Suffering: Relating to the Internal and External Sources of Enjoyment and Hurt" Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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October 12 W-013 Pattee Library |
Laurel Pearson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology "Building Sustainability through Action" |
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October 13 224 Chambers Building |
This week: "Avoiding the Argument: How Mindfulness Can Unhook Us from Harmful Arguments" Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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October 19 W-013 Pattee Library |
Tracy Rutler, Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies "Careful Science in the Eighteenth Century" |
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October 20 224 Chambers Building |
This week: "Can Money Buy You Happiness?: Research on the Relationship between Money and Well-being" Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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October 26 W-013 Pattee Library |
Brad Scanlon and Sean Farahani, Course Instructors, Students Teaching Students "Students Teaching Students: Empowering Penn State Students to Share their Passions" |
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October 27 224 Chambers Building |
This week: "Working with What's Scary: Relating to Fears and Worry" Weekly MASH meetings will include time for guided contemplative practice, small group discussion, and will often also include a theme or the sharing of research related to these practices or aspects of human flourishing. All are welcome! |
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November 1 Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library |
"The Future of Democracy and the Humanities in an Age of Catastrophes" Participants: Human beings face a number of catastrophes today, including climate collapse, never-ending, ends-less war, social injustice, and the rise of fascism. There is much to despair, but there are also reasons for hope. In the return of the Paterno Fellows Contemporary Issues Forum, two leading scholars of rhetoric and democracy contemplate how the ideas, the theories, the habits, and the practices associated with the humanities and with democratic culture can help us to meet the wicked problems we face. This event will be moderated by Taran Samarth and Casey Sennett, students in the Paterno Fellows Program. |
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November 2 W-013 Pattee Library |
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series Ira Allen, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Northern Arizona University "Generous Reading and the Logic of Solidarity" We learn early on in academia to be critical, sharp. And that academic sharpness has in the digital age filtered out into a larger popular culture of ubiquitous critique: often incisive, sometimes cutting, probably crucial. But reading for solidarity requires, too, generosity. How can we exercise generosity in interpretation, in this era of real and profound divisions and socially necessary articulations of harm? |
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November 7 Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library |
Paterno Fellows are invited to take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)! This is one of the world's most popular personality tools and the Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network is providing it this year just for Paterno Fellows! The assessment will help to identify your natural preferences in four areas of personality that will then give insight or support in your career exploration. Paterno Fellows must request the code by Monday, October 31, and complete the assessment. Those who complete the assessment will be invited to a workshop on Monday, November 7, to receive their results. Pizza will be served! PFP Director Jeremy Engels and Assistant Director Josh Wretzel will be taking the MBTI and sharing their results at the event. Visit our event listing for details about completing the assessment and attending the workshop. Watch your email and the PFP News for your invitation! |
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November 9 W-013 Pattee Library |
Joshua Wretzel, Assistant Director of the Paterno Fellows Program "Evaluating our Values: Higher Education in a Time of Crisis" |
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November 16 W-013 Pattee Library |
Monica Gingerich and Danica White, Student Engagement Coordinators, University Libraries "University Libraries Resources: Setting You Up for Undergraduate Success" |
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Mindfulness and the Science of Happiness (MASH) Student Group Info Session
Paterno Fellows First-Year Orientation and Ice Cream Social
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Paterno Fellows Contemporary Issues Forum: A Discussion Place of Ideas
Career and Self-Exploration for Paterno Fellows
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series
Lunch with Honors Speaker Series