Penn State Greater Allegheny will recognize the commemoration of one of the greatest civil rights leader and activist of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King. The night is themed "How would today be different had not Martin Luther King lead the civil rights movement?" Enjoy a night of celebration and remembrance from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18th in the Fitness and Cultural Center. Light refreshments will be provided. Come witness the past, present, and future from a man who changed the nation.
Professor Ronald H. Linden will be speaking on Human Rights and Changes in Eastern Europe as part of
the campus's Globalization and Sustainability Speaker Series.
The talk, entitled "1989: The Meaning and Consequences of the Year of the Fall," will focus on changes in Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism and the Soviet Untion.
The lecture will be held at 12:15 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center.
On December 10, the J. Clarence Kelly Library was one of the many hosts to the day's write-a-thon to encourage Human Rights causes. The 2010 "Write for Rights" write-a-thon, hosted by Amnesty International, was declared as the largest human rights events, and for reference librarian Rachel Masilamani, the timing couldn't have been better.
Penn State Greater Allegheny conducted its 2010 fall commencement on Thursday, December 16, in Wunderley Gymnasium. Chancellor Curtiss E. Porter presided as diplomas were conferred to 30 individuals receiving baccalaureate and associate degrees. Keynote speaker was be Daniel H. Simpson.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society sponsored its twenty second annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the campus' Student Community Center. The society hosted children from the Mon Valley area.
Penn State Greater Allegheny has won the 2010 American Marketing Association (AMA) Award in the Education Category. This award is for the submission of the strategic marketing efforts toward the seventh annual All That's Jazz fundraiser held on the campus on October 16, 2010. This year, All That's Jazz raised over $110,000, more than doubling what was raised last year, to support student scholarships.
The J. Clarence Kelly Library at Penn State Greater Allegheny will host an Amnesty International Write-A-Thon on International Human Rights Day. Join us on Friday, December 10 from 10am-2pm and participate locally in the world's largest letter writing event to take action to assure that human rights are respected and protected around the world.
Rachel Halaszynski has received Honorable Mention status of the week for Women's Basketball with the USCAA. Rachel is a Junior Forward from Penn State Greater Allegheny. Rachel averaged 19.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game in three games this past week.