Dr. David Schaafsma of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Randi Dickson of Queens College CUNY, and IUP University Professor Gian Pagnucci of the Department of English will give a readers’ theater performance of The Lives of English Teachers in the HUB Monongahela Room at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

Matthew Ferrence’s literary essay “Rules of the Game” has been nominated for the 2009 Pushcart Prize and the 2010 Dzanc Books Best of the Web prize.

At 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Lisa Larges, minister coordinator of the national grassroots organization That All May Serve, will speak in the HUB Delaware Rooom. Her speech is titled “Equality in Faith: Why the Church’s Position on GLBT Members is Important to the Rest of Us.”

Indiana native and IUP alumna Cindy Davies drew nearly three hundred people to Beard Auditorium to hear her speak at the Indiana LGBT Film Festival Sunday night, October 11, 2009. Davies, who played women's basketball her freshman year at Penn State under former coach Rene Portland, was at the festival in conjunction with the screening of the film Training Rules, a documentary focusing on homophobia in athletics.

Pop culture scholar, IUP graduate, and author Heather Duda (The Monster Hunter in Modern Popular Culture) will visit two classes on October 12, 2009, to discuss Harry Potter, Women’s Studies, the Saw films, and more.

Students and faculty members interested in film studies at IUP can go to the IUP Film Studies Blog for information about courses, screenings, and other events on or near the IUP campus.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 6:00 p.m., McVitty Auditorium, Sprowls Hall. In Service presents the experiences of Western Pennsylvanians serving in Iraq as soldiers and government officials, and those recording events as journalists.