Still Life
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Children explore career options at University Park
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Penn State Air Force ROTC Detachment 720 is welcoming home 22 of its active-duty graduates to share a wealth of knowledge with new students and cadets. Penn State graduates and now-active-duty officers from various career fields around the globe will be sitting down with current cadets and interested students and sharing their stories of success during the inaugural Air Force ROTC alumni career day. The event will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on April 20 on the first floor of the Wagner Building on the University Park campus and is open to all students interested in pursuing a career as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. (more)
The U.S. Air Force Drill Team will be the featured event during Penn State Abington's annual John Pershing Memorial Drill Competition at noon on Saturday, March 24, in the Athletic Building. (more)
Most Army ROTC seniors don't know what and where their first official assignment for the U.S. Army will be until close to their college graduation. Penn State senior Michael Miller of Macungie, Pa., does. The secondary math education major was ranked seventh among 5,643 Army cadets on the nationwide Order of Merit List. Cadets ranked in the top 10 of their national graduating class get to choose their future. Miller chose to work as a signal officer, and will most likely be stationed just outside of Augusta, Ga., at Fort Gordon. (more)
A prisoners of war -- missing in action (POW-MIA) vigil will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 16, on the Old Main lawn at Penn State's University Park campus. The event is sponsored by The Penn State Air Force ROTC Arnold Air Society - Harry R. Armstrong Squadron. An opening ceremony of 30 to 40 minutes will begin the vigil, which also will include a missing-man table ceremony and a 21-gun salute. For the next 24 hours, members of the Penn State Detachment 720 Honor Guard will stand watch in remembrance of all fallen soldiers, prisoners of war, and members of the United States military who are still missing in action. The event is free and open to the general public and all are welcome, particularly military veterans and those who have family members serving in the U.S. military. (more)
A team of 10 students from the Penn State Army ROTC came out on top of squads from 43 other northeastern schools in the regional Ranger Challenge Competition held on Oct. 24, near West Point, N.Y. The victory propels the Penn State team to the historic Sandhurst Military Skills Competition, where they will compete with squads from across the nation and around the world. (more)
The Navy League of the United States (Central Pennsylvania council) will hold a benefit dinner for the Penn State Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Sept. 29, at the Nittany Lion Inn on Penn State's University Park campus. Money raised will directly support the attendance of local ROTC midshipmen, cadets and other military persons at the dinner and also will benefit Penn State's ROTC morale, welfare and recreation funds. At the dinner, the Navy League, in partnership with the Nittany Leathernecks Detachment of the Marine Corps League, will honor Dan and Maureen Murphy, gold-star parents of Medal of Honor recipient and Penn State distinguished alumnus Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed while leading an intelligence mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan in June 2005. Gary Williams, author of "SEAL of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy," will be the guest speaker at the event. (more)
Through the end of the fall 2009 semester, Penn State conferred a total of 648,338 degrees. As of May 1, through the spring 2010 semester the University's total number of graduates should be approximately 660,908. This spring Penn State expects to award an estimated 12,570 diplomas to students University-wide who are scheduled to complete 588 associate, 10,241 baccalaureate, 1,182 master's, 149 medical, 195 law and 215 doctoral degrees. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for 40 events at Penn State's 24 campuses. (more)
Penn State's Tri-Service Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) will begin a 24-hour vigil 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, on the lawn of Old Main in honor of the 2009 POW/MIA Recognition Day, an annual event issued by presidential proclamation. During the opening ceremony Penn State alumnus and honored guest speaker U.S. Air Force Col. Frank R. Vicente (retired) will reflect on his own military experiences and will honor missing or captured comrades. Specifically, he will speak of his college friend Maj. Lewis P. Smith II, who was shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War and declared MIA. Following a special presentation, the ceremony will conclude with a 21-gun salute. A guard will then be posted on the steps of Old Main until 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. The guard will be composed of various members from the Tri-Service ROTC who will march in a fashion similar to the guard at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. The Tri-Service ROTC encourages community members to attend to observe and appreciate the meaning of this ceremony and 24-hour vigil. (more)
Benjamin P. Blasingame, a pioneer in the development of the U.S. Air Force's early Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems who was named a 1970 Distinguished Alumnus of Penn State, was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Hall of Fame on Aug. 11, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo. He has made several lasting and significant contributions to Air Force Space and Missile programs, according to an Air Force spokesperson, and created the department of aeronautics and astronautics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (more)
The Penn State Altoona Army ROTC program has announced that 16 Penn State Altoona students were awarded full tuition Army ROTC scholarships this year, three students will attend Army training programs this summer and two will be recognized at this year's Penn State Tri-Service Awards ceremony. (more)
