News & Events

 
May 2013
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May 23

Presentation of Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism

Time: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Presentation of the annual Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism. Event open to College of Communicaions alumni, students and friends.

May 29 to Jun 6

Dow Jones Center for Editing Excellence

Intensive, on-campus training session for students from across the country selected to participate in Dow Jones News Fund Editing Intern Program. The College of Communications serves as one of a handful of training sites across the nation before students begin their internships with news organizations.

May 30 to Jun 1

Keystone Multimedia Workshop

Location: Gettysburg, Pa.

Faculty members from the college of Communications lead the sixth annual Keystone Multimedia Workshop. The intensive, hands-on, three-day workshop is designed to give give students, professional photographers and educators the basics skills needed to produce compelling narrative multimedia stories. 

Jun 3

Maymester Classes End

Jun 5

Maymester Final Exams

Jun 21

First Six Week Summer Session Classes End

Jun 24

First Six Week Summer Session Final Exams

Jun 26

Second Six Week Summer Session Classes Begin

Jul 7 to Jul 11

Multimedia Journalism Camp

Camp for all students who will be enrolled in high school in the fall of 2013. Campers will disccover the secrets of interviwing, develop writing skills and learn about photography and multimedia journalism -- the ways journalists are telling stories in the 21st century.

Jul 7 to Jul 11

Film-Video Camp

Camp for all students who will be enrolled in high school in the fall of 2013. Campers will work with other students to produce short videos. Tasks will include writing screenplays, directing, acting, filming and editing. Learn the basic techniques to bring your creative vision to the screen.

Jul 26

Spend a Summer Day

Spend A Summer Day events are open houses designed to help prospective students learn about academics, admissions and student life at Penn State.

Jul 29

Spend a Summer Day

Spend A Summer Day events are open houses designed to help prospective student learn about academics, admissions and student life at Penn State.

Aug 1

Spend a Summer Day

Spend A Summer Day events are open houses designed to help prospective student learn about academics, admissions and student life at Penn State.

Aug 2

Spend a Summer Day

Spend A Summer Day events are open houses designed to help prospective student learn about academics, admissions and student life at Penn State.

Aug 5

Spend a Summer Day

Spend A Summer Day events are open houses designed to help prospective student learn about academics, admissions and student life at Penn State.

Aug 7

Second Six Week Summer Session Classes End

Aug 9

Second Six Week Summer Session Final Exams

Aug 10

Commencement

Aug 23 to Aug 25

Fall Semester Arrival Days

Aug 26

Fall Semester Classes Begin

Sep 2

Labor Day Holiday

Sep 19

Donor and Scholarship Recognition Dinner

Time: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

Sep 20

Board of Visitors Meeting

Oct 15

Crisis Communications: What to Do (and Not), When Things Go Wrong

Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Location: HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium

Alumnus and crisis communications expert Steven Fink presents a free public lecture about the topic. The session will be moderated by Patrick Parsons, the Don Davis Professor of Ethics, and include ample time for questions from the audience as well. Sponsored by the College of Communications

Nov 25 to Nov 29

Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 13

Fall Semester Classes End

Dec 14 to Dec 15

Fall Semester Study Days

Dec 16 to Dec 20

Fall Semester Final Exams

Dec 21

Commencement