Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
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
The Center Theatre Players will hold open auditions for a variety of children's roles in the group's summer production of "Jesus Christ Superstar" directed by Sandy Reigel. Children ages 9-13 are welcome to audition.
The show, which will be presented as part of the Penn State Beaver Brodhead Cultural Center's summer season, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on July 26, 27 and 28, in the auditorium of the Beaver campus Student Union Building, Center Township. Children's auditions will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the auditorium.
For information, contact the Brodhead Cultural Center at 724-773-3610 or rxm70@psu.edu. (more)
Center Theatre Players will hold open auditions for principal and multiple featured roles in their upcoming production of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' directed by Sandy Reigel. Children ages 9-13 and adults are invited to audition. The show, which will be presented as part of the Penn State Beaver Brodhead Cultural Center's summer season, will be held at 7:30 p.m., July 26, 27, and 28, in the auditorium of the Beaver campus Student Union Building, Center Township. Adults who audition are asked to prepare one song from the show or a song from a similar pop/rock musical. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m., Sunday, April 29, and Monday, April 30, in the auditorium. Adults must schedule an audition time by contacting the Brodhead Cultural Center at 724-773-3610 or rxm70@psu.edu. Children's auditions will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, May 6, in the auditorium. Children do not need to schedule an audition time and do not need to prepare a song to audition. Children will learn a song taught by Reigel and will perform it individually. For information, contact the Brodhead Cultural Center at 724-773-3610. (more)
Children in the after-school program at the York Salvation Army will have plenty of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to eat, thanks to the efforts of students, faculty and staff at Penn State York. The campus community donated 326 pounds of the popular sandwich-making ingredients during the month of February, topping last year's 305-pound mark. (more)
Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital will introduce the Penn State Hershey Center for the Protection of Children to the Penn State community, children's advocacy groups and other community stakeholders with a lecture by a nationally known child abuse expert on March 22. (more)
Berks County children and families now have increased access to pediatric specialty care through the growing partnership between St. Joseph Regional Health Network and Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Health System. (more)
Initiatives such as the National Food Stamp Challenge and National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week draw attention to the daily struggles of the unemployed and poor. A specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences said these special-attention events also illustrate the complexities of modern food insecurity. (more)
The Beaver Valley Area Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association is conducting its annual Gift Drive for Beaver County Children and Youth Services (CYS). The gifts will be distributed to children who are CYS clients. Participants will be provided with the first name, age, and gift preferences of a child, purchase and wrap the gift, and drop it off to the Alumni Chapter. In addition, participants have the option of making a monetary contribution to the Alumni Chapter whose members will, in turn, purchase and wrap gifts for the children. Donors must attach a separate gift tag to each gift. Each tag must contain the child's name and caseworker number. The Alumni Chapter requests that each gift have a value of $25 to $30. Monetary donations can be made in cash or via check made payable to Beaver Valley Area Chapter PSAA and mailed to Office of Campus and Community Relations, Penn State Beaver, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061.
To obtain information about a child's gift needs, contact Diane Canning at 724-375-2474; Cindy Hovanec at 412-370-2884 or 724-378-7448; or Jessica Hovanec at 724-777-4852. (more)
Even children use cellphones these days, and there is some concern about whether this puts them at risk. Children's brains and nervous systems are less fully developed and, because their heads are smaller, they face a greater proportional exposure to the radiofrequency emitted by the phones. (more)
Penn State York's THON Committee is having a Halloween Family Fun Fest on Saturday, Oct. 29 with proceeds going to The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, fondly known as THON, to help children with cancer through the Four Diamonds Fund at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The event takes place from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center on campus and is open to the public.
The cost is $3 for children (adults are free) Come out for games, music, pumpkin painting, assorted crafts, face painting, basket raffles and much more! (more)
With the arrival of apple-harvest season, researchers and extension educators in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have teamed with counterparts from across the country to establish a new online resource about growing apples and apple production. (more)
