A presentation on media buying and planning at NBCUniversal. Join AdClub for an exclusive presentation highlighting the lucrative career as a media buyer. NBCUniversal sales assistant and Penn State alumnus Matt Haar (’13) will speak about his role with NBCUniversal and what it’s like to manage more than $8 million in TV media buying each day. You might also hear some awesome celebrity stories!

Screening of "Fruitvale Station" (2013, Ryan Coogler / United States) as part of Carnegie Cinematheque -- the Thursday night film series presented for educational purposes for students by the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies. The gripping docudrama of the San Francisco police shooting of Oscar Rant and its aftermath in 2008 won top honors at teh Sundance Film Festival.

A free public lecture titled "From Ferguson to Africa: Dispensing with Race; Reclaiming Black Power" by Salim Faraji, associate professor of Africana Studies at California State University-Dominguez Hills, highlights African-American Heritage Month activities in the College of Communications. The session is coordinated by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the African, Hispanic, Asian and Native American (AHANA) student club.

The Don Davis Lecture in Advertising Ethics presents: "Honor, Integrity, Responsibility: Penn State Values, the Real World & You" -- a free public lecture by Linda Yacccarino, president of NBC/Universal advertising sales. Yaccarino ('85) will speak on the values she learned at Penn State and how they have served her during her life and career. A great kick-off to THON, Yaccarino will address students, faculty and the Penn State community. Questions? Contact Patrick Parsons, the Don Davis Professor of Ethics in the College of Communications by email (pp6@psu.edu) or phone (814-863-5678).

Information session about internship and full-time opportunities with NBCUniversal. Event is part of the NBCUniversal Campus 2 Career Internship program. Students may contact the Office of Internships and Career Services (208 Carnegie Building, 814-865-4349) for more information.

Screening of "Smoke Signals" (1998, Chris Eyre / United States) as part of Carnegie Cinematheque -- the Thursday night film series presented for educational purposes for students by the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies. A funny, generous road film about two Indian boys and their journeys on and off the reservation.

The Student Film Organization presents "The Director's Chair with Anna Martemucci," a free public session with Martemucci, the director of "Hollidaysburg" and a previous contestant on Starz's "The Chair." Martemucci will discussher experiences as a writer and director.

Screening of "The Brandon Teena Story" (1998, Susan Muska/Greta Olasdottir) as part of Carnegie Cinematheque -- the Thursday night film series presented for educational purposes for students by the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies. The basis for the film "Boys Don't Cry" is this incredible story of a tansgendered person in rural American in the 1980s and 1990s.

Sarah Koenig, the journalist who created the popular podcast “Serial,” will visit Penn State to present a free public lecture and participate in a question-and-answer session. The session is open to the public and sponsored by the Department of Journalism.

Alumnus Laurence Moskowitz ('73 Journ), named "one of the 10 most influential public relations executives of the 20th century" by PR Week magazine, will present a free public lecture addressing how communications has changed -- and how it has not -- through the years. His lecture, "The Future is Back to the Past: How Technology Has Disrupted Media -- But Not Necessarily the Message," is presented by the College of Communications, the Department of Advertising/Public Relations, the AdClub and the Public Relations Student Society of America.