Penn State President Rodney Erickson will give a status report on the state of the university in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington on Oct. 31, as part of the club’s Speakers Luncheon Series, according to a university release.

Erickson will discuss what the university has learned from the child sex abuse scandal, reforms it has put in place, and its ongoing commitment to its core mission of teaching, research and service.

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