January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December

FEBRUARY 2008
Feb. 26 -- Communications Colloquium, "Exclusive Dealing Without Foreclosure in Sports Broadcasting," with Stephen Ross, professor of law and director of the Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research in the Dickenson School of Law (4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., 3 Carnegie Building)

MARCH 2008
March 4 -- Foster Conference of Distinguished Writers featuring Dana Priest of The Washington Post (7 p.m., HUB Auditorium)
March 5 -- Foster Conference of Distinguished Writers featuring Jim Wooten of ABC News (10:10 a.m., HUB Auditorium)
March 6 -- "We Are ... The People," a presentation by Clay Calvert, the John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies, as part of the City Lights Series sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association (5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., National Constitution Center, Philadelphia)
March 10-14 -- Spring Break
March 16-18 -- Hearst Visiting Professional, Amy Sancetta, Associated Press photographer
March 27 -- Journalism Day
March 28 -- JobExpo.Comm(unications) On-Campus Job Fair (9 a.m. to 2 p.m., HUB-Robeson Center, Alumni Hall)
March 31 -- Hearst Visiting Professional, Diane Salvatore, editor-in-chief, Ladies' Home Journal, discussing the changing magazine industry and what students need to know about breaking into magazine writing (7:30 p.m., 117 Osmond Building)

APRIL 2008
April 2 -- Cinemateque featuring "Grace is Gone," presented by alumna and film co-producer Riva Marker ('07 Film-Video)
April 3 -- Alumni Achievement Award winner Jessica Stuart in classes
April 3-4 -- Alumni Academy in Ethical Leadership, coordinated by the Arthur W. Page Center for Inegrity in Public Communication
April 4 -- Alumni Achievement Award reception, dinner.
April 4 -- Board of Visitors Meeting
April 4-5 -- Conference, "Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontiers of Video Games" (Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel), coordinated by Richard Taylor, Palmer Chair of Telecommunications Studies and Law and co-director of the Institute for Information Policy
April 6 -- Alumni-Student Seminar (5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Assembly Room, Nittany Lion Inn)
April 7 -- Alumni Society Board Meeting (Forum Room, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel)
April 7-8 -- Hearst Visiting Professonal, Diane Salvatore ('81 Journ), editor of Ladies' Home Journal.
April 8 -- Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics, presented by Thomas Kunkel, dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland (7 p.m., HUB Auditorium)
April 11 -- "Success in the City" Job Fair (Noon to 5 p.m., Time Warner, New York City)
April 11 -- Films and Friends (6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Location TBA, New York City)
April 12-13 -- New Faces of an Ancient People Traditional American indian Powwow (Mt. Nittany Middle School)
April 14 -- Penn State Forum featuring alumnus Eric Hegedus, president, National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association, presenting "Out in the Newsroom: How Gay Journalists are Bringing Fairness and Accuracy to Coverage of LGBT Issues" (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel)
April 15 -- Pockrass Memorial Lecture, "Inside the Smart House: Media, Architecture, and Family Life" by Lynn Spigel, Frances E. Willard Professor of Screen Cultures at Northwestern University (7 p.m., Foster Auditorium, Pattee Library)
April 17 -- "Media Coverage of the Olympic Games" panel discussion, presented by John Curley Center for Sports Journalism (7 p.m., Carnegie Cinema)
April 18 -- Black Alumni Reunion College Reception (4 p.m., Carnegie Lobby, Carnegie Building)
April 18-19 -- John Curley Center for Sports Journalism Board Meeting, Events
April 26 -- Student Film Festival

MAY 2008
May 2 -- Spring Semester Classes End
May 3 -- PSU-PSNE Liaison Breakfast (Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel)
May 3 -- John Curley Center for Sports Journalism Senior Reception/Sendoff, 4 p.m. (Medlar Field at Lubrano Park)
May 5-9 -- Spring Semester Final Exams
May 17 -- Commencement (Noon, Bryce Jordan Center)
May 18-30 -- Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Center for Editing Excellence (317 Willard Building), a comprehensive training session for students from around the country selected to complete newspaper internships through the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund during the summer.
May 19 -- First Six-Week Summer Session Begins
May 22 -- Presentation of Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism (6 p.m., National Press Club, Washington, D.C.)
May 26 -- Memorial Day (No Classes)

JUNE 2008
June 6 -- College Open House for Traditional Alumni Weekend (1 p.m., Carnegie Building)
June 7 -- Distinguished Alumni Awards (Old Main)
June 22-July 3 -- Multicultural High School Journalism Workshop
June 27 -- First Six-Week Summer Session Ends

JULY 2008
July 2 -- Second Six-Week Summer Session Begins
July 4 -- Independence Day (No Classes)
July 10-13 -- Central Pa. Festival of the Arts
July 13-17 -- Penn State Institute for High School Journalists
July 13-17 -- Penn State Institute for High School Filmmakers
July 20-24 -- Penn State Institute for High School Filmmakers
July 20-24 -- Penn State Institute for Sports Journalism
July 20-24 -- Penn State Institute for Radio Broadcasting
July 27-31 -- Penn State Institute for Broadcast Journalism
July 27-31 -- Media Jam

AUGUST 2008
Aug. 13 -- Second Six-Week Summer Session Ends
Aug. 16 -- Commencement
Aug. 25 -- Fall Semester Classes Begin
Aug. 30 -- Coastal Carolina at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)

SEPTEMBER 2008
Sept. 1 -- Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)
Sept. 5 -- Dollars for Scholars Golf Classic (1 p.m., Penn State Blue Course)
Sept. 6 -- Oregon State at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)
Sept. 13 -- Penn State at Syracuse (TBA)
Sept. 18 -- Alumni-Student Seminar (Carnegie Cinema)
Sept. 19 -- Alumni Society Board Meeting (Hintz Family Alumni Center)
Sept. 20 -- Temple at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)
Sept. 25 -- Donor Recognition Dinner (Penn State Conference Center Hotel)
Sept. 26 -- Board of Visitors Meeting
Sept. 27 -- Illinois at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)

OCTOBER 2008
Oct. 2 -- Alumni Fellows Awards Dinner (Nittany Lion Inn)
Oct. 4 -- Penn State at Purdue (TBA)
Oct. 10 -- Alumni Society Board Mentoring Program (12:30 p.m., Faculty Staff Club)
Oct. 11 -- Penn State at Wisconsin (TBA)
Oct. 18 -- Michigan at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium/Homecoming)
Oct. 25 -- Penn State at Ohio State (TBA)

NOVEMBER 2008
Nov. 8 -- Penn State at Iowa (TBA)
Nov. 15 -- Indiana at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)
Nov. 22 -- Michigan State at Penn State (TBA, Beaver Stadium)
Nov. 24-28 -- Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes)

DECEMBER 2008
Dec. 7-- World Premiere, "On the Side of Angels" (State Theater)
Dec. 12 -- Fall Semester Classes End
Dec. 15-19 -- Fall Semester Final Exams
Dec. 20 -- Commencement

JANUARY 2009
Jan. 12 -- Spring Semester Classes Begin