Last semester the Paterno Fellows Advisory Board agreed to the following Special Events for the current semester–one each for January, February, March, and April. Get these on your calendar now!
January 10
Paterno Fellows Recognition Event
This one was fun, wasn’t it? In case you missed the Daily Collegian story (and photo) on this event, check it out on their website. If you want to hear more, enjoy this short video on the event which can be found on the LAUS at PSU You Tube page. And if you’d like to see additional photos, look at the PFP Recognition Ceremony set on the LAUS at PSU Flickr site.
Late February
In the final days of February (or perhaps the first days of March: date TBA soon), Fellows and aspirants will be able to attend, for a very modest price, a performance of The Beaux Strategem, a famous seventeenth-century comedy. Before the play, we expect, students will be able to get a snazzy short preview of the performance from the play’s director, from a couple of the performers, and from PSU Evan Pugh Professor Robert Hume, the world’s leading expert on the drama of the period. Here’s the School of Theatre’s description of the play.
March 23
After Spring Break we’ll have tickets for at least sixty Paterno Fellows to attend a performance of the hit Broadway play The Color Purple at Eisenhower Auditorium. (It’s likely that Sue Paterno will be able to attend the event, just as she attended the Toni Morrison lecture with Fellows last spring.) We’ll again have a pre-show reception (with refreshments) that features an overview of the show, and we expect some of the performers to be on hand for that reception as well.
April 17
Paterno Fellows are making the April 17 5K Run for Special Olympics into a special Paterno Fellows cause. This fundraiser race, held the day after the Blue White football game, will attract hundreds of runners (as well as walkers like me), and it is requiring the help of dozens of Fellows to pull it off on race day, under the leadership (I believe) of juniors Lauren Perrotti, Lydia Scott, and Erin Morton. Don’t be surprised if you see them distribute information on how you might take part.