Event Calendar
Sep 16, 2024
Pie a Professor
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Carnegie Building Lawn
A fundraiser open to all students. Pie a Bellisairo College professor to benefit the Penn State Dance Marathon. Event conducted and promoted by on-campus chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. One pie for $5 and two for $8.
Sep 17, 2024
Penn State Fall Career Days
Non-Technical Full-Time
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Bryce Jordan Center
On-campus, University-wide internship and job fair. MORE INFO
Sep 17, 2024
First-Year Lecture
Holly Overton
Time: 7:00pm - 8:15pm
Location: Schwab Auditorium
Required event for all first-year students as Associate Professor Holly Overton discusses her work in the Department of Advertising/Public Relations with a lecture titled "Ethical and Responsible Advocacy for Future Leaders."
Sep 18, 2024
Penn State Fall Career Days
Internship and Co-op
Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Bryce Jordan Center
On-campus, University-wide internship and job fair. MORE INFO
Sep 20, 2024
Graduate Faculty Think In
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Garden Room, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Sep 24, 2024
Photo Night
Monica Herndon, Philadelphia Inquirer
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Bellisario Media Center
A hands-on session for students with Monica Herndon of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Herndon photographs stories across all newsroom beats. She also shoots, edits and produces short documentary videos. The session is open to all students.
Sep 25, 2024
Internship Info Session and Resume Workshop
Bob Martin, Julie Miller
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: 162 Willard Building
- 5:30 p.m. Internship Info Session with Julie Miller
- 6:30 p.m. Resume Workshop with Bob Martin
Sep 26, 2024
Guest Lecture
Josiah Bates ('15)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Carnegie Cinema (113 Carnegie Building)
Alumnus Josiah Bates ('15), author of "In These Streets: Reporting From the Front Lines of Inner-City Gun Violence," will present a free public lecture and participate in a question-and-answer session.
Oct 03, 2024
Donor Recognition Event
Time: All Day
Location: Nittany Lion Inn
Awards and recognition event for donors who support the Bellisario College. Specific time for the evening event to be announced.
Oct 07, 2024
Penn State Days
Time: All Day
University-wide Open House for prospective students, with tours of the Bellisario Media Center from 1-2 p.m.
Oct 08, 2024
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: Kern Auditorium
Oct 09, 2024
Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Lecture Series: Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: Kern Auditorium
Oct 10, 2024
"In a Mirror, Dimly: Why AI Can’t Tell Our Stories, and Why We Must"
Shannon Vallour, University of Edinburgh
Lecture Series: Davis Program in Ethical Leadership
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Flex Theater, HUB-Robeson Center
Keynote lecture as part of "Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing" Symposium, presented by the David Program in Ethical Leadership. Speaker Shnnoan Vallour is the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh Futures Institute, and she is a former AI ethicist at Google. The symposium is sponsored by the Bellisario College, the Arthur W. Page Center for Public Integrity, and the Rock Ethics Institute.
Oct 11, 2024
"The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity (And Ethics) Survive Social Media and What If It Can’t?"
Nick Couldry, London School of Economics
Lecture Series: Davis Program in Ethical Leadership
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Flex Theatre, HUB-Robeson Center
Keynote lecture as part of "Challenges to Digital Media Flourishing" Symposium, presented by the David Program in Ethical Leadership. Speaker NIck Couldry is a professor of media, communications and social theory in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics whose work also has spanned media ethics and journalism studies. The symposium is sponsored by the Bellisario College, the Arthur W. Page Center for Public Integrity, and the Rock Ethics Institute.
Oct 14, 2024
Cover Letter and Resume Workshop
Bob Martin
Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: 262 Willard Building
Session presented by the Office of Internship and Career Services for Bellisario College students.
Oct 18, 2024
"Family Media Moments: How Parents and Children Navigate Identity"
Marie-Louise Mares
Lecture Series: Pockrass Memorial Lecture
Time: 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Location: 121 Sparks Building
The annual Pockrass Memorial Lecture will focus on how co-viewing and discussion can be used by parents to reinforce and support shared family identities, and help children express their emerging ideas on those topics and more. Marie-Louise Mares, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, will present the free public lecture.
Oct 19, 2024
Bellisario College Family Weekend
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Location: Bellisario Media Center
Part of the University's Family Weekend at University Park, the Bellisario College-specific session includes a presentation (10 a.m.) and tours of the Bellisario Media Center (11 a.m.)
Oct 21, 2024
Internship Information Session
Julie Miller
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 258 Willard Building
Session presented by the Office of Internship and Career Services for Bellisario College students.
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. Media Literacy Week Celebration
Time: All Day
Location: Bellisario Media Center
Oct 23, 2024
“Strategic Considerations for a Career as an Independent Documentary Producer”
Roland Ballester
Time: 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Location: 262 Willard Building
Documentary and film producer Roland Ballester will present the free public session as part of his multi-day campus visit (Sept. 9-12) made possible with support from the Hearst Visiting Professional Fund. Ballester is the executive producer and co-creator of "Merpeople" a four-part Netflix docu-series. He also produced the documentary “Halston,” a CNN Film on Amazon Prime. He's the former president of HomieShop, an animated character licensing company.
Oct 30, 2024
Ad/PR Day in NYC
Time: All Day
Location: Various Locations, New York City
Student networking trip to meet with advertising/public relations alumni in New York City.
Nov 07, 2024
A Conversation with Ryan Stevens
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
Alumnus Ryan Stevens ('12), director of public relations for the WNBA's Indiana Fever, will be guest as part of the Conversation Series conducted by the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. The session is free and open to the public.
Nov 13, 2024
COMM Careers in the Capital
Time: All Day
Location: Marriott Marquis, Washington, D.C.
On-location internship and job fair specifically for Bellisario College students in Washington, D.C.
Nov 11, 2024 - Nov 17, 2024
Centre Film Festival
Time: All Day
Annual multi-day film festival that brings together faculty, filmmakers, community members and students to celebrate the potential and power of films and filmmaking. Events conducted at State Theatre in State College and Rowland Theatre in Philipsburg.
Nov 19, 2024
Cover Letter and Resume Workshop
Bob Martin
Time: 6:00pm - 7:15pm
Location: 362 Willard Building
Session presented by the Office of Internship and Career Services for Bellisario College students.
Nov 25, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024
Thanksgiving Holiday
Time: All Day
No Classes
Dec 13, 2024
Fall Semester Classes End
Time: All Day
Dec 22, 2024
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Commencement
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Bryce Jordan Center
Jan 13, 2025
Spring Semester Classes Begin
Time: All Day
Jan 20, 2025
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
(No Classes)
Time: All Day
Feb 12, 2025
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Speaker Series
Sara Liao
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: 335 Willard Building
Sara Liao, an assistant professor of media studies and Asian studies, will present the next-to-last talk in the series of six lectures. The speaker series is conducted by the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Feb 21, 2025
JobExpo.Comm
Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Annual in-person, on-campus internship and job fair for Bellisario College students.
Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 14, 2025
Spring Break
Time: All Day
No Classes
Mar 21, 2025
Success in the City
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: TBA, New York City
Annual in-person internship and job fair for Bellisario College students featuring companies and opportunities in New York City.
Mar 21, 2025
Films and Friends
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: TBA, New York City
Annual networking event for Bellisario College alumni filmmakers and students.
Mar 27, 2025 - Mar 28, 2025
Philadelphia Career Exploration Experience
Time: All Day
Apr 01, 2025
PSPA State Competition
Time: All Day
Location: HUB-Robeson Center
State championships in student journalism competition sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Press Association and hosted by the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. Students who advanced from regional competitions earlier in the year will compete in a dozen different writing, design or artistic categories on the University Park campus.
Apr 03, 2025 - Apr 04, 2025
Centre County Report 20th Anniversary Celebration
Time: All Day
Apr 06, 2025 - Apr 07, 2025
Ad/PR Alumni Board Meeting and Events
Time: All Day
Location: Various Locations
May 02, 2025
Spring Semester Classes End
Time: All Day
May 10, 2025
Spring 2025 Undergraduate Commencement
Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: Bryce Jordan Center
May 11, 2025 - May 15, 2025
Maymester in Manhattan
Time: All Day