BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:15877-a6158f23407fb2d9f619f0637739f1ab@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260413T191749Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250904T150000 SUMMARY:First-Year Lecture  DESCRIPTION:\nKirt H. Wilson\, associate professor and head of the Depar tment of Communication Arts and Sciences\, will explore how communicatio n shapes our lives\, our identities\, and our relationships.  \n\nCommun ication\, he argues\, is one of the most essential but taken-for-granted human activities\, from one-on-one conversations to group discussions a nd even cross-cultural exchanges. Wilson shows in his lecture how listen ing\, thinking\, and sharing ideas can keep a community connected\, even when people disagree or see the world differently.  \n\nIn a time when divisions feel sharper than ever before and real differences of opinion persist\, it’s important to create spaces where open conversations can h appen and people feel free to change their minds. Penn State—and especia lly the College of the Liberal Arts—is one of those spaces\, but keeping it that way takes everyone’s effort. \n\nThis event is co-sponsored by Liberal Arts Ambassadors\, Liberal Arts Undergraduate Council\, and Mino rities in the College of the Liberal Arts. \n\nFor more details: https:/ /events.la.psu.edu/event/first-year-lecture/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kirt H. Wilson, associate professor and head of the Departme nt of Communication Arts and Sciences, will explore how communication sh apes our lives, our identities, and our relationships.  

Communication, he argues, is one of the most essent ial but taken-for-granted human activities, from one-on-one conversation s to group discussions and even cross-cultural exchanges. Wilson shows i n his lecture how listening, thinking, and sharing ideas can keep a comm unity connected, even when people disagree or see the world differently.   

In a time when divisions feel sha rper than ever before and real differences of opinion persist, it’s impo rtant to create spaces where open conversations can happen and people fe el free to change their minds. Penn State—and especially the College of the Liberal Arts—is one of those spaces, but keeping it that way takes e veryone’s effort. 

This event is co- sponsored by Liberal Arts Ambassadors, Liberal Arts Undergraduate Counci l, and Minorities in the College of the Liberal Arts. 

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/first-year-lecture/

LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR