UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State community is invited to tune in at 9 a.m. today (Sept. 24), for a livestreamed State of State conversation with President Neeli Bendapudi and Penn State senior leaders. Prior to the event, Penn Staters are encouraged to watch this video, which highlights the challenges facing higher education, the opportunities ahead, and why Penn State is taking proactive steps to strengthen its future.
The event will be livestreamed and available for faculty, staff, and students to view, and a recording will be made available following the event for Penn Staters who were unable to tune in live.
>> Join online: Via Microsoft Teams Town Hall (click to join Sept. 24 meeting). To turn on live captions: Join the event in Microsoft Teams, click the “more actions (…)” button in the bar at the top of the window, select “language and speech,” and click “show live captions.”
Joining Bendapudi will be Fotis Sotiropoulos, executive vice president and provost; Sara Thorndike, senior vice president for finance and business/treasurer; Andrew Read, senior vice president for research; and Michael Wade Smith, senior vice president for external affairs and chief of staff. In addition, Kathy Bieschke, senior vice provost for faculty affairs and interim dean of Undergraduate Education, will moderate a Q&A with senior leadership and faculty and staff leaders following the livestream.
Together, they will discuss the road map for Penn State’s future, and share the findings, recommendations and next steps from the University's organizational assessment, as well as the work ahead to continue to position Penn State for long-term success.