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Annual Alumni Institute
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58th Annual Alumni Institute
June 5-6, 2008
Schedule of Lectures

Thursday, June 5
The Nittany Lion Inn Boardroom 3:30– 4:30 p.m.	“A Bright Future for Solar Energy at Penn State” David R. Riley Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering and Director of the Penn State Center for Sustainability
Travel Reception Evening	Travel Reception
Friday, June 6
The Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB 8:30–9:30 a.m.	“What were you thinking?! Teacher Decision-Making” Carla Zembal-Saul Associate Professor of Science Education and Kahn Professor, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Education
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom C 8:30–9:30 a.m.	“Working In Working Out” Bob Ricketts Senior Lecturer in Kinesiology and Professor in charge of Undergraduate Programs
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom DE 8:30–9:30 a.m.	“Population Trends and Pennsylvania Future” Gordon DeJong Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB 9:45–10:45 a.m.	"An American Sailor in Barbary: the U.S. Military’s First Encounter with Islam” Hester Blum Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Center for American Literary Studies
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom C 9:45–10:45 a.m.	"The Mysterious Mata Hari" Pat Shipman Adjunct Professor of Biological Anthropology
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom DE 9:45–10:45 a.m.	“Beyond Caravaggio: European Art Circa 1600” Charlotte Houghton Associate Professor of Art History and Alumni Teaching Fellow
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom AB 11:00 a.m.–noon	“Human Rights in China” On Cho Ng Professor of History & Religious Studies and Director of Religious Studies
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom C 11:00 a.m.–noon	“Iceland: The Haunted Landscape” Philip Jenkins Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities and Alumni Teaching Fellow
Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom DE 11:00 a.m.–noon	“Mediterranean Foods Made Quickly, Easily, and Healthfully!” Pete Bordi Associate Professor of Hospitality Management and Director or Center for Food Innovation

University Event Calendars

For more information about our events, please call the Penn State Alumni Association, Alumni Events at 800-548-LION (5466), option 4, or e-mail alumni-events@psu.edu.