Penn Stateâs Schreyer Honors College held its 26th Annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Monday night titled âChasing Space: An Astronaut s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chancesâ with Leland Melvin.
Melvin â an engineer, educator, scientist, photographer, musician, author, former NASA astronaut and former NFL wide receiver â shared his life story to inspire attendees to have a âgrowth mindsetâ and believe they can do anything.
The Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture Series was endowed by family and friends to honor Luchinskyâs memory through the support of a speaker who âexemplifies intellectual honesty, personal integrity and joy in learning,â according to the Schreyer Honors College website.