“Equity week,” sponsored by the Office of Social Equity and the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee, began the week at Clarion University with the theme “Building Communities of Inclusion and Empowerment.” The weeklong events kicked off on Monday, Nov. 7, with a screening of Joe Wilson’s Emmy-award winning documentary, “Out in the Silence.” It’s the [...]

While riding in a boat, a man yells “Turn back or suffer the consequences.” The frightened passengers in the boat immediately start crying and praying. Contemplating the consequences, the captain of the boat continues on his journey. It is 6 a.m. July 9, 1994, and the passengers in the boat are escaping from Havana, Cuba. [...]

Communication majors as well as other students at Clarion University are being given the chance to make connections and learn about careers in the communications field thanks to the Public Relation Student Society of America. PRSSA is hosting a semester, perhaps year-long speaker series for students to gain insight about what it takes to be [...]

Clarion University of Pennsylvania’s Public Relations Students Society of America hosted Dan Ayer on Monday, March 28. Ayer is an account executive with an emphasis in media relations and social media. He is also active in PRSA and a member of International Association of Business Communicators serving as a mentor to others in the field [...]

The fourth presentation of the Faculty Author Seminar Series took place on Feb. 2 in Carlson Library. The presentation was given by political science professor Thomas Rourke. The seminar was sponsored by the Faculty Affairs Committee of Faculty Senate and was funded by the Office of the Provost. Rourke’s book, “The Social and Political Thought [...]

Are you about to finish your schooling and begin that ever-daunting task of finding a job? The Clarion Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America invited speaker Deanna Ferrari to teach students some tips to find the jobs they are seeking. The evening was spent in discussion with Ferrari, and many helpful hints [...]

Students and faculty gathered to hear Chana Bloch’s reading of her poems Friday, Oct. 8 at Carlson Library. Bloch, a well-known poet and Israeli poem translator, visited Clarion University to share her work and discuss the art of translating poetry. Bloch read several of her poems that were published in her fourth book, “Blood Honey.”

Erin Davies has been the victim of discrimination for being a lesbian. However, she has not let that keep her down. Rather than let the phrases “fag” and “you are gay,” which were sprayed onto her car, make her feel bad about herself, she decided to keep them on her car and drive around the [...]

On Tuesday evening in an intimate setting in Moore Hall, author Sheryl St. Germain shared stories of her life, and excerpts of her work. Germain is an American poet who has published several works, the most popular including the book of essays, “Swamp Songs,” and her collection of new and collected poems, “Let It Be [...]