February 22, 2018
How cultural opportunities enrich learning experience, this week’s topic on Infinite Opportunities
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
Harrisburg – Cheyney University of Pennsylvania student Meghan Sowersby will talk about how cultural opportunities have helped enrich her college learning experience on this week’s episode of Infinite Opportunities, which will air Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN).
Sowersby, a junior communications major, will be joined on the show by Nicole Rayfield,
director of the Keystone Honors Program at Cheyney; and Corinne Gibson, director of
the Office for Inclusive Excellence at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. The
show also will include video visits to the campuses of Indiana, Lock Haven and Mansfield
Universities of Pennsylvania.
Infinite Opportunities airs at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday on PCN. 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 topics and issues. State
System Interim Chancellor Karen M. Whitney moderates the weekly discussions. Each
program also offers viewers the opportunity to “travel” back to the universities to
learn more about all of the campuses.
This week’s roundtable discussion will focus on the many cultural enrichment opportunities
offered by the State System Universities. Sowersby will talk about some of the events
and activities she has experienced while at Cheyney. Rayfield will discuss the many
opportunities that are provided to all university students through the Keystone Honors
College, and how such opportunities are woven into the first-year experience at the
university. Gibson will talk about the opportunities available to students at Slippery
Rock and how they are made aware of them.
Each weekly episode of Infinite Opportunities is reshown at 6 p.m. the following Saturday on PCN. This program will be rebroadcast
on March 3. Prior episodes, including those from the first three 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.
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.