Penn State has made further progress on interim recommendations from Louis Freeh, whose team's independent investigation continues, Kenneth Frazier, chair of the Board of Trustees' Special Investigations Task Force reported on Friday (May 4). The investigators, Frazier said, have to date conducted more than 400 interviews with individuals including current and former employees from numerous departments, such as academic, administrative and athletic departments, current and past trustees and others in the community. (more)
The Penn State Board of Trustees Friday (May 4) held its regular bimonthly meeting at the University Park campus. The meeting opened with remarks from University President Rodney Erickson, who noted the University's upcoming commencement activities and shared Admissions and Development news, including a young alumnus who endowed a scholarship for student entrepreneurs. He congratulated several students, student organizations, trustees and faculty for their honors and achievements. These include the work of a recent alumnus and graduating Schreyer scholar, who created a simple, award-winning device called a Tippy Tap that is greatly benefiting public health in rural Africa. He also recognized faculty members who have been honored by the University as Evan Pugh professors and Penn State laureates, and by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation with fellowships. (more)
The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its regularly scheduled board meeting starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday (May 4), in the Boardroom of the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus. The meeting, which will begin with remarks from President Rodney Erickson, will be streamed live by Penn State Public Broadcasting at http://wpsu.org/live. (more)
More than 60 of the 86 candidates running for the Penn State Board of Trustees will be attending the upcoming "Meet the Candidates" event Saturday, April 21, in the Intramural Building's Gymnasium 1 on the University Park campus. (more)
As part of two initiatives aimed at helping alumni voters make informed voting decisions in the upcoming Penn State Board of Trustees election, the Penn State Alumni Association today (April 9) launched its "Three Questions for the Candidates" website -- http://pennstatermag.com/bot2012 -- that includes responses from alumni trustee candidates to key issues facing the University. (more)
In an effort to help alumni make an informed vote in the upcoming Penn State Board of Trustees election, the Penn State Alumni Association is facilitating two opportunities for alumni to gather information on the 86 alumni candidates: a "Meet the Candidates" event prior to the Blue-White Game and a Q&A website. (more)
U.S. Secretary of Energy, distinguished scientist and Nobel Laureate Steven Chu will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from Penn State. The University's Board of Trustees today (March 16) approved Chu as a recipient, who will receive the degree and deliver a keynote address during commencement ceremonies at University Park on May 5. Chu, the former director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and former professor of physics and molecular and cell biology at the University of California, was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997. (more)
The Penn State Board of Trustees on March 16 elected 11 members to the newly formed executive committee for 2012. They are: Marianne Alexander; James Broadhurst; Mark Dambly; Keith W. Eckel; Kenneth C. Frazier; Edward R. Hintz, Jr.; Keith W. Masser; Linda B. Strumpf and John P. Surma. Penn State President Rodney A. Erickson and Board of Trustees chairman Karen B. Peetz serve as ex officio members of the executive committee. (more)
Penn State's Board of Trustees voted Friday (March 16) to amend its bylaws and standing orders to reflect changes in its committee structure. The changes are a result of a review of the board's governance structure, focused on determining whether changes could improve oversight of the University and accessibility to the board. (more)
Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (March 16) approved the appointment of EYP Architecture and Engineering PC, of Albany, N.Y., as architects for the renovation of the Steidle Building in the historic core of the University Park campus. The 86,000-square-foot-building, near the intersection of Burrowes and Pollock roads, was built in 1931 and serves as teaching and research space for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' (EMS) Department of Materials Science and Engineering. (more)
