UPCOMING LECTURE AND PERFORMANCES

DRUCKER FOUNDATION CHAIR TO ADDRESS FORUM
Frances Hesselbein, founding president and chairman of the board of governors for the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, will deliver the Penn State Forum lecture at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The topic of her presentation is “Leadership Challenges in a New Century.” In 1998, Hesselbein was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor, for her leadership as chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of America from 1976 to 1990, as well as her role in leading social-sector organizations toward excellence in performance through her work at the Drucker Foundation. For the full story and ticket information, visit http://www.psu.edu/ur/2001/hesselbein.html. More information on the Penn State Forum is at http://www.psu.edu/dept/fsc/forum.html.

John J. Labosky, president and CEO of Capital City Partnership of St. Paul, Minn., will present this year’s Marvin J. Kudroff Memorial Lecture at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21, at the Atherton Hotel’s Regency Ballroom in State College. Labosky will address the role of architects, engineers, planners and developers in the “City Building” process, and the new public/private partnership model that has evolved around it. Sponsored by the Department of Architectural Engineering, the Kudroff Memorial Lecture series was established in 1981 with a grant from the firm of Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall. For more information, visit http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/newsletter/Sp01/Kudroff.html.

Traditions from the East and West will share the stage when the National Ballet of China performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State’s University Park campus. The performance, part of the ballet company’s four-day residency at the University, is presented by the Center for the Performing Arts. Prices are $32 and $22 for general audience members; $27 and $19 for students; $17 and $9 for Penn State University Park students; and $10 and $6 for children 12 and younger. For tickets, group sales, or more information, contact the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or visit http://www.cpa.psu.edu.

In consideration of the recent acts of terrorism and after consultation with Tony Award winner Gregory Hines and singer Mary Cleere Haran, Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts and the artists have mutually agreed to reschedule the performance for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. The event had been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15. Current performance tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date. Ticket holders who cannot attend the October 24 performance may return their tickets to the Arts Ticket Center at Eisenhower Auditorium for a refund. The refund deadline is Friday, Sept. 21. Good seats are still available for the October 24 performance. Prices are $30 and $25 for general audience members; $25 and $20 for students and children; and $15 and $10 for Penn State University Park students. For tickets, group sales, or more information, contact the Arts Ticket Center at (814) 863-0255 or visit http://www.cpa.psu.edu.

Musical legend Bob Dylan’s fall concert tour will bring him to the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State’s University Park campus at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, to perform highlight songs from his brand new CD, “Love And Theft,” and from throughout his career. Reserved tickets and general admission (main floor only) tickets are priced at $29.50. Tickets are on sale now at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, select Uni-Marts and Commonwealth Campus ticket outlets; or charge by phone at (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336; or online at http://www.bjc.psu.edu.