CU-Lock Haven set to celebrate 50th anniversary of Title IX, alumna Karen Weaver to speak on April 21

Lock Haven University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX by hosting an event that features guest speaker and alumna Dr. Karen Weaver from 12:45-1:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 in Price Performance Center Auditorium on the campus of LHU. The event also will be available to be viewed through a live video stream at commonwealthu.edu or goLHU.com.

WHAT: Title IX 50th Anniversary Celebration with Alumna Karen Weaver

WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 12:45-1:45 p.m.

WHERE: Price Performance Center Auditorium, LHU campus

WHO: Albert Jones, 570-484-2015, ajones@commonwealthu.edu or Anna Rogers, 570-484-2561, axr1159@commonwealthu.edu

Weaver ('80), a former standout field hockey player at The Haven is also a former Division I and Division III head coach and athletics administrator, who is considered an expert on college sports as they intersect with higher education management, media and policy as well as Title IX.

Weaver has been breaking new ground all of her career, whether it be as one of the first to earn a field hockey scholarship under Title IX, to working as the first English speaking female broadcasting announcer in field hockey at the 1996 Olympic Games and for the Big Ten Network. She has consistently used her experiences at Lock Haven University to elevate others.

Currently an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Weaver examines college athletics from the perspectives of university presidents and trustees, athletic conference organization, higher education scholars and sports finance. Her research includes mid majors and FBS Division I institutions, public finance and facility debt policies and the role that college senior leaders can and should play in managing athletics.

Weaver has been a part of Penn GSE since 2007, when she began her doctoral studies in higher education management. After graduation, she left a more than 30-year career in college athletics to join the faculty at Drexel University. She began teaching at Penn GSE in 2012 and joined as an adjunct assistant professor in 2020.

Weaver is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and an executive producer and host of the podcast "Trustees and Presidents." She has led a research team on behalf of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics on athletics governance and has published more than 50 articles.

Her full University of Pennsylvania bio can be viewed at www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/weaver.