Freelance writer to bring humor to Women’s Day on Campus program
Penn State Fayette has announced that Lola Gillebaard will be the keynote speaker for its 22nd annual Women’s Day on Campus program, which will be held on Thursday, May 22. Gillebaard was born and raised in Rocky Mount, N.C. As a graduate of Salem College, she was named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. She taught school before marrying, eventually settling in California while raising four sons.
As an associate college professor, businesswoman, freelance writer, wife and mother, she has always touched people’s funny bone.
Gillebaard received the Reader’s Digest first-place writer’s award for her article, which is titled,
“Old Enough to Die,” about her father. The article has been published internationally.
She also co-authored the book, “Change Your Life with Humor.” She has researched the benefits of humor for the past 35 years and witnessed the magic of its healing.
Gillebaard’s career as a humorous speaker has taken her across the United States many times, to Australia often, and into international waters as a featured speaker on several cruise ships.
She is past president of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the National Speaker’s Association and winner of both their Silver Foot and Connie awards. She is also a recipient of the VFW Unsung Heroine Award.
Gillebaard and her husband, Hank, live in Laguna Beach, Calif. And their sons, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren live just close enough to be fun.
The Penn State Fayette Women’s Day on Campus program features daylong informative sessions, a Chinese auction, breakfast refreshments and lunch, and an agency fair.
For more information regarding the Women’s Day program or to request a registration packet, contact Harriet Galida at Penn State Fayette at 724-430-4140.