Penn State Altoona’s Intro to Writing Speaker Series will offer a presentation by Marley Parish on Friday, April 8, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. The series features six professionals in a variety of careers who write and study writing offering brief lectures throughout the spring 2022 semester.

Parish covers the Pennsylvania Senate for the “Pennsylvania Capital-Star.” She previously reported on government, education, and community issues for the “Centre Daily Times” in State College, Pennsylvania, and has a background in writing, editing, and design. A graduate of Allegheny College, Parish majored in English and served as editor of the student newspaper.

The speaker series is offered through the Intro to Writing Studies course, which builds students’ rhetorical skills in critical and creative genres of writing and introduces them to how they can be used in future careers.

Anyone wishing to attend any of these Zoom-based events should contact Assistant Professor of English Kyle King at kyle.king@psu.edu for more information. The series of guest speakers is sponsored by the English program and Penn State Altoona’s Division of Arts and Humanities.