Penn State Laureate Anthony Leach offers his thoughts on his selected theme, "Building Choral Communities," and shares background from his journey as a choral music educator. His goal as laureate to build musical communities extends to Penn State students, alumni and employees, as well as Pennsylvania residents and people around the world. (more)
A celebration of Chinese culture will be held at noon Wednesday, Jan. 26, in the Concourse at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Learn more about the rich heritage of this culture by sampling some of its tastes, sounds, and stories. (more)
Penn State's chapter of the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) was honored with the Silver Outstanding Collegiate Section Award at the national conference held in Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 5-10. Among the more than 300 collegiate sections in the national organization, 25 were selected as section winners. Five were selected for the gold level award, 18, including Penn State, received the silver award and two universities won the bronze level award. Other silver level award winners include Cornell, Northwestern and Iowa State universities. (more)
The 32nd annual National Conference for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) held in Phoenix, Ariz., tested Penn State undergraduates' engineering skills in an intense 24-hour competition. Five Penn State students were part of the winning team and SHPE honored two of the students as among the top five participants. (more)
An internationally acclaimed scholar's quest to interpret contemporary Poland's treatment of the Holocaust comes to Penn State Harrisburg at noon Tuesday, Jan. 27, in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building. (more)
Penn State Harrisburg's community observance of Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 19 will again include an original dramatic production and a musical celebration. For the 11th consecutive year, the day's observance begins at noon in the Capital Union Building on campus with an original play written by faculty member Dorothy King. (more)
The top-ranked Penn State women's volleyball team capped a record-setting season for its second consecutive NCAA title Saturday (Dec. 20) night with a three-game win over No. 2 Stanford (25-20, 26-24, 25-23) at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb. The Nittany Lions finish the 2008 campaign with a perfect 38-0 record, only the fourth team ever in Division I women's volleyball history to finish the season with an unblemished slate. Penn State becomes just the sixth team in history to win back-to-back NCAA Championships, joining Hawaii (1982-83), Pacific (1985-86), UCLA (1990-91), Stanford (1996-97) and USC (2002-03). (more)
Tracy Morgan is coming to Penn State York's Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18. Morgan, who plays wild and unpredictable movie star Tracy Jordan in Emmy Award-winning "30 Rock" brings his standup comedy to York. Tickets to the general public go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 19. Penn State York students may purchase tickets now at the box office with their student I.D. (more)
Barbara Christ, professor and head of plant pathology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named senior associate dean in the college, effective Jan. 1. Christ replaces Paul Wangsness, who retired earlier this year after serving the college as a faculty member and administrator for 37 years. (more)
Renowned legal scholar and law professor Victor C. Romero has authored a new guide on the U.S. immigration system for readers who are not lawyers. "Everyday Law for Immigrants," part of the Everyday Law Series by Paradigm Publishers, will hit store shelves on December 30.
"My modest hope is that the book will provide a clear and concise overview of the laws that most affect noncitizens living in the United States, from formal immigration rules that govern when noncitizens may enter and must leave the country, to other laws that affect immigrants' daily existence, from education to employment, for instance," said Romero. (more)
