Reno To Lead Off Distinguished Speakers Series
August 24, 2001
University Park, Pa. — Former Attorney General Janet Reno will lead off Penn State’s Distinguished Speakers Series on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 8 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Tickets will be available to students attending classes at the University Park campus on Monday, Aug. 27. Tickets will be available to faculty, staff and students from other Penn State campuses on Tuesday, Aug. 28. The general public may pick up any remaining tickets beginning Wednesday, Aug. 29, on a first-come, first-served basis. The Eisenhower box office is open from 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Limited tickets may also be available the night of the speech.
The nation’s first female attorney general, Reno headed the world’s largest justice and law enforcement office (125,000 employees) for nearly eight years and was responsible for the enforcement of federal laws and for representing the government in court. The longest serving attorney general since before the civil war, Reno used the authority of her office to enforce civil rights and environmental and health statutes, and increase the government’s information technology resources devoted to law enforcement.
The Distinguished Speakers Series is sponsored by the University Park Allocation Committee, coordinated by the Distinguished Speakers Series Committee and the Office of Student Activities, and funded by student activity fees. For more information, contact the Office of Student Activities at (814) 863-3786.
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Contact: Amy Neil (aen4@psu.edu) or Allison Kessler (aek143@psu.edu) at (814) 865-7517.