If not for a dream, Martin Lemelman may not have captured his mother’s story of Holocaust survival in a critically acclaimed book or reconnected with the family he never knew.
An educator, author, and graphic artist, Lemelman brought the story behind the creation of Mendel’s Daughter to Penn State Harrisburg as an installment in the year-long lecture series hosted by the college’s Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies.
The March 24 installment in Penn State Harrisburg’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Series will feature a scholar’s look at quilters in the African American community.
Patricia Turner, author of Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters, will deliver her free public lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Gallery Lounge of Olmsted Building on campus.
Literary works with topics ranging from organized labor to Harrisburg’s Bellevue Park were among those honored March 3 when Penn State Harrisburg recognized 12 faculty members at its annual Publishing Celebration.
Hosted by the college’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the annual event honors faculty, staff, and students whose works have been published in the past year. Honored at the 2010 celebration were: