Penn State Harrisburg will hold several events in February in honor of Black History Month, including an African-American Read-In, the traveling True Black History Museum, and a lecture by Penn State alumnus and first African-American Astronaut Guion Bluford.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the Commonwealth will be holding events in honor of Black History Month. Here’s a look at some of the events taking place at the University’s campuses during the month of February.
Retired astronaut an Penn State alumnus Guion “Guy” Bluford Jr. will present “STEM Forward: Minorities in Engineering” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Penn State Harrisburg. Bluford will discuss his space shuttle flights and the future of manned space flight, as well as the difficulties he faced as a minority in a STEM field. In 1983, Bluford became the first African-American to fly in space.
Guion Bluford will discuss his space shuttle flights and the future of manned space flight, as well as the difficulties he faced as a minority in a STEM field, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, at Penn State Harrisburg.
Molly Goehring, undergraduate student in the letters, arts, and sciences program in the School of Humanities, was selected as the winner of Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee (DEEC) annual Martin Luther King poster contest.
Coach Ken Carter, dean/headmaster behind the Coach Carter Impact Academy and the Carter Brand and inspiration for the film “Coach Carter,” will visit Penn State Harrisburg at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan, 24. in the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre, SEC Building.
