Still Life

A moment of levity: Penn State Lehigh Valley graduates celebrated with the Nittany Lion after commencement ceremonies, held May 5 at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pa.

Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012

New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.

Spring commencement 2012 under way

A Moroccan farmer taught Penn State students about the properties of vetiver grass, including its ability to clean wastewater. The grass could be used as part of a solution to water-quality problems being experienced in Assoul, Morocco, where students spent time recently.

Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together

Anjelica Fortunato, left, and Jeffrey Lu reviewed for their Anatomy 129 final exam on May 1 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn on Penn State's University Park campus. Penn State students are preparing for and taking final exams throughout the week as spring semester 2012 comes to a close.

Finals Week Spring Semester 2012

Denae Taylor, right, tried on some electrical-safety gear with the help of Joe Dinardo, Supervisor of Facilty Resources at Penn State, during Penn State's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 26. Denae is the granddaughter of Penn State Outreach employee Betty Lose, and attends Bellefonte Middle School.

Children explore career options at University Park

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Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium

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Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone

Updates:
Penn State Promise

Board of Trustees launches new website

Faculty Senate recaps 2011-12 activity for Board of Trustees

Frazier provides update on Special Investigations Task Force

Board of Trustees meeting to be streamed live

Penn State donates more than $2.6 million to abuse prevention efforts

College of Communications launches student media website

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Six more weeks of winter is the story of the day on Penn State's College of Communications’ new student media website -- psucommedia.com -- launched Feb. 1.
Six more weeks of winter is the story of the day on Penn State's College of Communications' new student media website -- psucommedia.com -- launched Feb. 1.

The College of Communications’ new student media website, psucommedia.com, has been launched, effective Feb. 1.

The site was built to provide a public platform for the professional-quality content produced by students in the College of Communications.

"Our students have exceeded all expectations with their coverage of major events like the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the criminal charges filed against Jerry Sandusky and the death of Joe Paterno," said Thor Wasbotten, assistant dean for student media and online operations. "All of that coverage, and much more, can be found at psucommedia.com online."

The site contains:
--News and sports coverage from throughout Centre County.
-- Centre County Report: A weekly newscast that serves as a source of news and information to the residents of Centre County and functions as a real-time laboratory for students learning to report and deliver news to an on-air (ComMedia HD 98.1 on campus) and online audience.
-- ComRadio: The official radio station of the College of Communications. More than 200 students, specializing in news, sports, production, marketing/promotion and sales, staff the Internet-based station. These students produce half-hour newscasts that air at 6 p.m. every weekday, provide play-by-play of many Penn State and State College high school sporting events and are responsible for creating and airing talk shows each week.
-- Special Coverage: Content produced by team of students covering events in Centre County and all over the world.

ComMedia is a 24/7 newsroom and multimedia production facility used by the best students in the College of Communications to prepare them for professional media-related careers.

It houses a state-of-the-art, high-definition television set for news and sports productions as well as a complete suite of equipment for video editing and encoding, photo editing, audio recording and video playback and capture in the TV studio control room. Content produced by students is broadcast locally, distributed over an HD campus channel and delivered at psucommedia.com online.
 

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