An evening with Riva Marker ('00 Film), producer of "Beats of No Nation," that includes a screening of the Netflix movie and a question-and-answer session with Marker. The free public session is presented by the College of Communications, the Center for Global Studies and the School for International Affairs.

A panel discussion and question-and-answer session focusing on the cultural shift in sports ethics and how communications professionals (sports communicators and journalists) should respond. The event, the Ben Bronstein Lecture in Ethics and Public Relations, is free and open to the public. Featured guests are Lester Munson, senior writer and legal analyst for ESPN and an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University, and alumna Jennifer Ridgley ('03 Ad/PR), senior director of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Entrepreneur/singer-songwriter Joe Crookston wil be featured in a free public session presented by the College of Communications as part of Global Entrepeneurship Week at Penn State. Crookston is a music entrepreneur, folk singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released four albums as part of Milagrito Records. His 2008 album “Able Baker Charlie and Dog” was named the Album of the Year by the International Folk Alliance. Crookston, who resides in Ithaca, New York, tours in the United States, Canada and Ireland.

"Your Right to Be Here and Mine: Lessons from Missouri," a free public panel discussion with journalists, media scholars and other interested parties, will feature several College of Communications faculty members discussing the media, media coverage and press freedom around coverage of issues from the University of Missouri and related topics.

Information session focused on the location-sharing mobile app MeetBall. Event sponsored by the AdClub as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week features MeetBall CEO Ryan Owen, COO/CFO Jeff Josephsen and Nate Goins, vice president of sales.

Free public lecture featuring S. Revi Sterling, the deputy chief of party for the Global Broadband and Innovations Alliance, an agreement between NetHope and USAID. Her research focuses on ICTD in women’s empowerment. Previously, she founded the ICTD graduate program at the University of Colorado Boulder. The event is sponsored by the Don Davis Program in Ethical Leadership and University Libraries. For more information on the Information & Communication Technologies for Development Consortium (ICT4D), visit comm/psu.edu/research/centers/ict4d online.

Author and journalist Rebecca Traister, who wrote "Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women," will present a free public lecture, sponsored by the College of Communications in collaboration with the McCourtney Institute for Democracy in the Department of Communication, Arts and Sciences. The event is free and open to the public.

Networking session and special event for College of Communications alumni in Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. Coordinated by Ad/PR Alumni Board.

Alumnus Jess Silay ('08), creative services manager at UPMC HealthCare and previously a graphic designer for the Sen. John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, will discuss the differences in working in various creative roles in small vs. large companies as well as non-profits vs. agencies. Event sponsored by AdClub.

Free public screening of "Felix and Meira," Canada's 2015 Academy Award submission, presented by the Jewish Studies Program, Hillel Penn State, The Hadassah Foundation and the College of Communications. The evening begins with a screening of the short film "Where Is Joel Baum" by Pearl Gluck, an assistant professor in the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies. A reception will follow and then the screening of "Felix and Meira," including a question-and-answer session with actor Luzer Twersky, who stars in the film, will be featured.