HACC Hosts Spring Honors Lecture Series

WHO:

HACC’s Honors Program

WHAT:

Spring lecture series

WHEN:

• Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 3 p.m.
• Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 7 p.m.

WHERE:

HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College

COVERAGE:

Fiction as an Act of Faith

• Thursday, March 27, 2014, at 3 p.m.
• HACC’s Harrisburg Campus
  Bruce E. Cooper Student Center, Room 204
  One HACC Drive

Author Carlene Bauer will present a lecture on the role of fiction in a world where science and the Internet explain much of human existence. Drawing on her own experience as a memorist and novelist, Bauer will discuss the leap of faith that is imagining characters and situations in a disenchanted world.
 

A String of Pearls: Memory, Mystery & Batman

• Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at 7 p.m.
• HACC’s Lebanon Campus, Multipurpose Room
  735 Cumberland Street

Dr. Brett Stumphy, English professor at HACC’s Lebanon Campus, will present a lecture in honor of the 75^th birthday of the Batman comic on two nights in April. The April 22 lecture will be part of ReDISCOVER HACC in celebration of HACC’s 50^th anniversary. Dr. Stumphy will explore cultural narratives and identity politics in Batman. Comics and Paperback Plus in Palmyra will also distribute copies of Green Lantern and Justice League of America #1 comics at the event on April 22.