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The seventh annual "All That's Jazz" scholarship benefit raised $110,000 on Saturday, October 16.  Check out everyone having a great time.  All That's Jazz Sponsors Title Sponsors Amy and Dave Michaliszyn  Benefactor and Entertainment and Decorations Underwriter Nancy Seifert  Jazz Patrons Excela Health Federated Investors Mark R. Gruskin Johnston the Florist Wabtec Corporation

The Penn State Greater Allegheny Advisory Board will host its seventh annual All That's Jazz scholarship benefit on Saturday, October 16, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in Penn State Greater Allegheny's Student Community Center. Proceeds will be added to the Penn State Greater Allegheny Student Scholarship Fund.

Penn State Greater Allegheny students will have an opportunity to attend several cultural events in the Pittsburgh region, hosted by the Office of Student Affairs.

The second speaker in the Globalization and Sustainability lecture series at Greater Allegheny is Edith Bell.  Her talk, "Human rights violated: Testimony from a peace and justice activist," will take place on Tuesday, October 12 at 12:15 p.m. in Frable 119. Edith Bell was born in Hamburg, Germany and spent several years in concentration camps during WWII. After years in the Netherlands, Israel and Panama, she came to the United States in 1955.

Penn State Greater Allegheny Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter has been selected as a recipient of the of the YWCA's 2010 Racial Justice Award in the category of Education. Porter will be honored at the 19th annual Racial Justice Awards reception on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Westin Hotel and Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The selection committee stated that they were greatly impressed by Porter's efforts to eliminate racism and promote equality.

As part of the Teaching International film series, the film, "Art 21: Ecology" was shown in the Ostermayer Room at Penn State Greater Allegheny.  The film delved into the work of four artists whose work explores the relationship between nature and culture.

Anthony Mitchell, University-community programs in Continuing Education, and James Stewart, professor emeritus of labor studies and employment relations, had an article published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. Mitchell and Stewart discussed the background behind the decision by the Pittsburgh Public Schools to create two single-gender schools at Westinghouse High School.

Teaching Eastern Europe sponsored a field trip on September 23. The field trip began with a trip to see the Vanko murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale, PA. Afterwards, participants traveled to Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, to see an exhibition of Maxo Vanko's paintings and works on paper.

Dr. Robert Szymczak, associate professor of history at Penn State Beaver, will be the first speaker in this year's Globalization and Sustainability series, focusing on Eastern Europe and human rights. The presentation wil provide some historical perspectives on Eastern Europe.

Katyn, the first film for this year's Globalization and Sustainability Film Series, focusing on Eastern Europe and human rights, was presented on September 16. The Polish film, which was nominated for an Oscar, focuses on a World War II tragedy, in which the Soviet Union massacred tens of thousands of Polish officers and highly educated citizens. Katyn refers to the location of the killings and mass graves where the victims were buried.