Lycoming students to intern at Cannes Film Festival 2020
After the close of the Spring semester, three Lycoming College students will travel to the French Riviera to work as interns at the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. All three have been accepted into The American Pavilion’s Cannes Film Festival Student Program and will gain hands-on experience at one of the most renowned film festivals in the world as Film & Business Program interns from May 10-24.
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Clear skies inside for scouts visiting Detwiler Planetarium
Lycoming College’s Detwiler Planetarium recently welcomed Cub Scout Pack 88 from Montoursville, and Girl Scout Service Unit 624 from the greater Williamsport area for a series of educational and entertaining events. These events were organized by the new Detwiler Planetarium director, Lauren Balliet.
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Bourgeoning medievalists share research at annual conference
Near the close of the fall semester, seven Lycoming College students presented papers at the Fourteenth Undergraduate Conference in Medieval & Early Modern Studies at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. The conference provides students with the opportunity to share their research in a professional setting with peers and faculty from across the country. This year, the conference drew more than seventy students from Virginia to New York.
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A Message from the President: Lycoming as an economic driver and community anchor
Lycoming College and the other ninety independent non-profit colleges and universities in this state are an incredible asset for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The positive impact of Lycoming and the other independent institutions of higher education takes many forms. The fact that we are centers of learning and inquiry and provide educations that benefit both individuals and contribute to the public good is often stated and well known. Less familiar are the ways that independent non-profit colleges function as drivers of the state and local economies and anchors of communities spread throughout the state. The breadth and depth of the economic benefit of Pennsylvania’s independent non-profit college sector differentiates it from most other states.
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Thanks to Snowden Library, Lycoming College students call “fake news” as they see it
According to Statista, an unbiased website with a trove of statistics, a March 2019 survey about whether U.S. adults have ever knowingly or unknowingly shared fake news or information online found that ten percent of respondents admitted to sharing a news story online which they knew was made up, and 49 percent of surveyed adults had shared news which they later found out to be false.
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Ricky Riccardi talks Louis Armstrong in next issue of Brilliant Corners
In regard to his book, “What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years,” Ricky Riccardi, director of research collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum, said, “I wanted anybody to be able to pick it up and be engaged… You don’t need to be a musicologist; Armstrong’s life alone was dramatic enough: race, failing health, all the accomplishments, the humorous anecdotes — that was enough.”
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