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From roller coasters to Penn State’s American Indian leaders to Renoir, Penn State’s alumni and faculty stars will present a series of cultural and educational events. City Lights events are sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association in cooperation with Penn State’s colleges and alumni groups.
More detailed information on each program including prices will be available soon. All events require pre-registration, which will begin in mid-January. Alumni Association members and their guests receive a discounted fee. For more information on these or other upcoming City Lights programs, call 800-548-LION (5466), option 5, option 1 or e-mail alumnitravel@psu.edu.
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2010 City Lights Calendar |
| 2/28 |
Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Center
“Famous African American Penn Staters” by Courtney L. Young, association librarian and associate professor of women’s studies at Penn State Beaver
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| 3/27 |
New York City, Museum of the American Indian
“American Indian Leadership at Penn State” by John Tippeconnic, professor of Education and director of the American Indian Leadership Program |
| 4/13 |
Harrisburg, Pa., Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
“Pennsylvania’s Energy Future” by Seth Blumsack, assistant professor of energy policy and economics |
| 5/8 |
Smithsonian Air and Space Center Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington, D.C.
“Space Flight: Still the New Frontier?” by Jim Pawelczyk ’85g, associate professor of physiology and kinesiology and NASA astronaut |
| 5/15 |
Knoebel’s Amusement Park in Elysburg, Pa.
“Roller Coasters and Music: Two Defining American Pastimes”; lecture by alumnus Charles J. Jacques Jr. ’62 and musical performances by the Glee Club and the Alumni Blue Band |
| 6/25 |
Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Renoir and the Impressionists” by Patrick McGrady, assistant professor of art history and Palmer Museum of Art curator |
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