Hurricane Sandy is tracking up the East Coast and is expected to bring the potential for severe, damaging weather to Pennsylvania sometime Monday night into Tuesday. University officials are carefully monitoring the path of the storm. Please watch the web page for up-to-date information.
In the meantime, there are a few things all of us can do now to be prepared at home and at Penn State to help ensure everyone's safety and the continued operations of the University.
Douglas Charles, assistant professor of history, is the keynote speaker for the Penn State West Humanities and Social Sciences Colloquium Series on October 18, 2012. The series is being offered at Penn State Behrend.
The talk is entitled "The FBI, Obscenity, and History," and is based on Prof. Charles's most recent book, The FBI Obscene Files.
On Tuesday Oct 9 during common period Dr. Bernard Hegarty will be speaking on "From Dublin and the Delta: How Irish-Americans and African-Americans Built Our Country
Penn State Greater Allegheny students from Puerto Rico who play on the campus' baseball team, along with Jim Chester, athletic director and head baseball coach, had an opportunity to meet with members of Roberto Clemente's family at PNC Park. The 40th anniversary of Clemente's 3,000th base hit in Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh was commemorated during a pregame ceremony with Vera Clemente, widow of Roberto Clemente, and his sons Roberto Jr., Luis and Enrique.
Artist Mary Collins will present a Celtic art workshop on Thursday October 4 from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in Ostermayer Lab Room 309.
Participants in this workshop will learn about Celtic art and have the opportunity to create ink drawings. Materials will be provided. Pre-registration is not necessary.
Collins received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. She is currently an instructor at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
The third annual Boy Scout Merit Badge University is being hosted by Troop 338 of the Laurel Highlands Council at Penn State Greater Allegheny, along with the Penn State Lion Ambassadors, and THON organizations. It will be held on Saturday, November 3.
Penn State Greater Allegheny will participate in the fourth annual Day of Giving on Oct. 3. All charitable donations made to Penn State Greater Allegheny through http://www.pittsburghgives.org on the Day of Giving will be matched with a portion of The Pittsburgh Foundation's $750,000 matching pool. Greater Allegheny donors may designate their gift to one or more of the activities listed below:
A great jazz legacy will be celebrated with former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Craig Wolfley lending his support to raising funds for student scholarships at the ninth annual "All That's Jazz" fundraiser at Penn State Greater Allegheny, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27.
Ta'Juan Dutrieuille, of McKeesport, Pa., an incoming freshman and student-athlete at Penn State Greater Allegheny, has been named one of the 2012 Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Scholarship recipients by the Major League Baseball Charities. The award was announced on the official MLB.com website.