Elizabeth Nyamayaro, award-winning humanitarian and United Nations Special Advisor for the World Food Programme, will give a free lecture, "Be True to Yourself: Your Story Matters," at 7 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. Her lecture is part of the Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture series.
Penn State’s 46th annual Renaissance Fund celebration on Nov. 1 honored local volunteers, philanthropists and Penn State graduates Paul and Nancy Silvis. The event, which was livestreamed from the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, hosted nearly 300 in-person and online attendees and raised $618,833 for endowed scholarships to benefit students with financial need.