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On Thursday, WPSU hosted a community discussion about the role of Black churches in central Pennsylvania and throughout the civil rights movement. Will Price, a 2017 Penn State graduate from
On Tuesday night, another Zoom bombing occurred during a Penn State Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Creating Content in 2021 event titled Digital Media and Marketing.
According to Marie Hardin, dean of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, unwanted users joined the Zoom event yelling vulgar, racist and homophobic slurs upon entry. The welfare and safe environment for our students is our top priority, Hardin said. When something like this happens, we rededicate ourselves to that goal of sustaining a safe place for our students to learn, grow and interact.
Hardin said there are many difficulties when opening Zoom meetings to those outside of the university and emphasized that students should remain vigilant during these kinds of virtual events.
The Penn State Forum on Black Affairs kicked off celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday with a discussion on Friday with Black alumni from
Online remembrance honors King’s life and legacy with conversation, inspiration
The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration on Jan. 15, 2021, featured Project 1972: A Conversation with our Elders, a panel discussion with Penn Staters who shared their experiences as Black students at the University in 1968-72. Clockwise from top left are: Denita Wright Watson, Barry Reddish, Monte Dawson, Earl Frank Merritt, Gary Abdullah, Selma Harrison and AnneMarie Mingo.
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46th Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration offers chance to reflect, respect, learn
January 17, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. On Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA) and Penn State World Campus partnered to host the 46th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration, “Project 1972: A Conversation with our Elders.”