March 02, 2017

Performing arts this week’s topic on Infinite Opportunities

Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu

Urbanek will be joined in a panel discussion by Dr. Yugo Ikach, co-chair of Cal U’s Department of Music and Theatre; and David Miller, an assistant professor of theater at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. The episode also will include visits to the campuses of both Cal U. and Kutztown University.

Infinite Opportunities airs at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday on the Pennsylvania Cable Network. The half-hour, public affairs program features roundtable discussions with faculty, staff, students and alumni from the 14 State System universities talking about a range of higher education issues. State System Chancellor Frank T. Brogan moderates the weekly discussions. Each program also offers viewers the opportunity to “travel” back to the universities to learn more about how they address the various topics on campus.

This week’s topic is the performing arts.

Urbanek is a senior communications technology major at Cal U and one of Dr. Ikach’s students. Dr. Ikach will talk about learning inside and outside of the classroom and the importance of students gaining hand-on experience while working toward their degree.

Miller will discuss the art of developing new plays, as a director, a playwright and a leader, and bridging educational theater to professional theater.

Each episode of Infinite Opportunities airs twice on PCN. This week’s program will be rebroadcast at 6 p.m., March 11. Prior episodes, including those from the first two seasons, also can be viewed at www.passhe.edu/InfiniteOpportunities.

Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth, enrolling more than 100,000 degree-seeking students and thousands more in certificate and other career-development programs. Collectively, the 14 universities that comprise the State System offer more than 2,300 degree and certificate programs in more than 530 academic areas. Nearly 520,000 State System university alumni live in Pennsylvania.

The State System universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The universities also operate branch campuses in Oil City (Clarion), Freeport and Punxsutawney (IUP), and Clearfield (Lock Haven), and offer classes and programs at several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and in Center City in Philadelphia.