Information session about special spring semester class, COMM 416, focusing on the 2020 election. Find out about opportunities to be part of a small team of writers, photographers and videographers reporting on Pennsyvania and the presidential primary election.

Presentation for parents and families of Bellisario College students focusing on career preparation by Assistant Dean Bob Martin. Part of Parents & Families Weekend.

For about 11 days next August-September, eight students -- plus faculty -- will travel to Tokyo, Japan, to cover the Paralympics for The Associated Press for academic credit. A one-credit prep course next spring will be followed by a three-credit course in the fall. Interested? Want to learn more? Good! Then please come to this 45-minute informational meeting.

Information session about COMM 487 embedded course trip to Guyana, South America, during the spring 2020 semester.

Learn about the telecommunications major, hear about the department's spring courses, and find out about the wide variety of internship and career opportunities and extracurricular activities available. Enjoy pizza with the faculty and other students after the session.

Joe Little, director of storytelling and a multimedia journalist for KNSD-TV in San Diego, has earned 12 Emmy Awards and was a finalist for the National Press Photographers Association's Photojournalism Award for Reporting in 2017. His TV career started at stations in central Pennsylvania and he has traveled the country since. He is serving as the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Visiting Professional in the Bellisario College.

Free public event featuring co-director/producer Trish Dalton, cinematographer John Sears and lawyer Tim Nevius with a screening of the HBO Documentary "Student-Athlete," and a subsequent panel disucssion with those three and Penn State faculty members Pearl Gluck and John Affleck. The documentary film from HBO Sports, LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment, and Steve Stoute’s United Masters follows former players, a former coach that now advocates for players, and a whistle-blowing shoe rep ready to expose the money trail of high-profile college sports.

Panel discussion featuring Lillian Thomas and members of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette discussing the shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018. The session is free and open to the public, coordinated by the Department of Journalism.

A COMM Career Conversations event featuring Penn State alumnus and public speaker Joe Battista, the author of "The Power of Pragmatic Passion." A free event for Bellisario College students sponsored by the Office of Internships and Career Placement.

Andrew Sullivan is a contributing editor at New York magazine and a former editor of The New Republic. He's a longtime observer of American politics who does not shy away from provocative opinions. The event is co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute, the Donald P. Bellisairo College of Communications, the School of International Affairs, and the Center for Character, Conscience and Public Purpose.