Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Events, Films, and Cuisine
Penn State's Smeal College of Business is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with events and special programs beginning Oct. 1.
Smeal Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Events, Films, and Cuisine
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (October 1, 2009) – Penn State's Smeal College of Business is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with events and special programs beginning today.
The festivities include showings of Hispanic-themed films, a business networking session in Spanish, a Latin dance workshop, and special meal themes in the Business Building's Blue Chip Bistro:
- Kickoff Informational Event
Thursday, Oct. 1
Business Building Atrium
12 p.m. - Movie Night
Every Thursday, starting Oct. 8
208 Business Building
7 p.m. - Tex-Mex Cuisine
Oct. 5-16
Blue Chip Bistro - Business Networking in Conversational Spanish
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Business Building Atrium
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Latin American Cuisine
Oct. 19-30
Blue Chip Bistro - Latin Dance Workshop
($2 fee)
Wednesday, Oct. 28
Business Building Atrium
6:30-7:30 p.m.
National Hispanic Heritage Month got its start on Sept. 16, 1968, when President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the week of Sept. 15 to be recognized as National Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan expanded the celebration to a 30-day period from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, coinciding with the Sept. 15 independence days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Additionally, Sept. 16 and Sept. 18 mark the independence days of Mexico and Chile, respectively. Día de la Raza also falls within this 30-day period.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
