TEDxPSU On The Horizon will be on February 11 in Schwab Auditorium. Emceed by Penn State Teaching Professor Dr. Molly Countermine, the event consists of nine community speakers presenting their TEDx Talks on-stage, as well as performances from Penn State students!

This year, the TEDxPSU team presents Ideas Worth Spreading from these notable Penn State and State College figures: Dr. Michael Berube, Dr. Marc Dingman, Dr. David Gamson, Dr. Bernice Hausman, Dr. Priya Kumar, Divine Lipscomb, Jonathan Marks, Nora O’Toole, and Christine Palmer.

Performing on the Schwab stage is State College Musician Joe Downs and Spoken Word Poet Colby Khloer.

To attend On The Horizon, attendees must pre-register using this link. Schwab’s front doors open at 9 a.m., with the event to begin at 9:30 a.m. An intermission luncheon will be provided a few steps away in the Kunkle Lounge within the Sackett Building. Food and coffee will be provided by Saxbys.

Inspired by TEDx conferences across the globe, the TEDxPSU team titles their conference each year to encapsulate the meaning behind each talk. “Exploring our horizons help us approach personal and societal potential while grounding ourselves in tomorrow’s frontier,” said TEDxPSU President Abby Jarecki on what On The Horizon means to the organization.

“The ideas you will hear at our conference are rooted in research and data, as well as insights on the human experience,” said TEDxPSU Head Talent Director Abby Waterhouse. “We analyze the days of the past, critique the urgency of today, and seek solutions for the future’s promises by challenging norms and discovering new perspectives.”

For more information and to pre-register for TEDxPSU On The Horizon, please visit www.tedxpsu.com or @TEDxPSU on Instagram and LinkedIn.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, often in the form of short talks delivered by

leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED Conferences, intimate TED Salons and thousands of independently organised TEDx events around the world. Videos of these talks are made available, free, on TED.com and other platforms. Audio versions of TED Talks are published to TED Talks Daily, available on all podcast platforms.

TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which licenses thousands of individuals and groups to host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; The Audacious Project, which surfaces and funds critical ideas that have the potential to impact millions of lives; TED Translators Program, which crowdsources the subtitling of TED Talks so that big ideas can spread across languages and borders; and the educational initiative TED-Ed. TED also offers TED@Work a program that reimagines TED Talks for workplace learning. TED also has a growing library of original podcasts, including The TED Interview with Chris Anderson, WorkLife with Adam Grant, Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala and How to Be a Better Human.

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