Penn State laureate, School of Music host high school singers
November 18, 2009
Virsky Ukrainian Dance Company performs at Eisenhower
November 17, 2009
Students to present major Disney production For The Kids
November 16, 2009
Penn State celebrates Senior Day
November 14, 2009
Hershey breaks ground for Children's Hospital
November 13, 2009
Kronos Quartet performs at Eisenhower Auditorium
November 10, 2009
Rally in the Valley excites fans
November 6, 2009
Students capture fall at University Park
November 5, 2009
Penn State Greeks strut their Broadway stuff
November 1, 2009
THON 5K draws thousands
November 1, 2009
2009 State of the University Address
Poultry science professor shares turkey news
Penn State Solar Decathlon 2009, part two: Natural Fusion goes to Washington
Natural Fusion, Penn State's Solar Decathlon Team 2009
Behind the scenes with the stadium concessions team
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes and On the Air
Beaver Stadium Behind the Scenes: Video Board
Video gives students sneak peek at new campus location
Historic Old Main Bell removed from tower for restoration and display
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Instructors who are concerned about the potential effect of the flu in the classroom, on their personal health or on their ability to teach are invited to attend a workshop from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 3. Sponsored by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, the brown-bag workshop as part of the Noontime Roundtable Discussion series. It will originate from 315 Rider Building on Penn State's University Park campus. Polycom locations are Berks, Erie, Fayette and Hazleton. To register, visit http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/register/Multi-item-Registration.aspx?ID=10239 online. (more)
Three musical groups from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will brighten four cold winter evenings with performances of classic and contemporary music. Performances will take pace on Dec. 3, 5, 6 and 9. (more)
The Erie Philharmonic Chorus will host its third annual 'Messiah' sing-along on Tuesday, Dec. 15.
Anyone who has sung -- or always wanted to sing -- G.F. Handel's most famous composition is invited to join the 85-voice Erie Philharmonic Chorus for the sing-along, which takes place at 7 p.m. at Saint Patrick Catholic Church, 130 E. Fourth St., Erie. Admission is $5 per person and all proceeds benefit the Young People's Chorus of Erie. Participants who own a 'Messiah' score are encouraged to bring it that evening. (more)
Nov. 19 is this year's Great American Smokeout. Since the Surgeon General identified the dangers of smoking, Americans have gradually quit, yet about 1 in 5 Americans still smoke. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that about 4,000 young adolescents start smoking every day and 6 percent of middle school students are smokers. If ever there were a time to think about quitting smoking, it's now. (more)
Continuing Education at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, hosted a youth outreach program for Upward Bound on Saturday, Nov. 14. Fifty high school students participated in three workshops centered on engineering, the health sciences and science. They also toured campus.
Coordinated through the Northwest Tri-county Intermediate Unit, Upward Bound provides students with support and assistance as they prepare for college, both to increase participants' completion of high school plus acceptance to and graduation from college. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families and from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree. (more)
Frank Warren, creator and curator of the enormously popular PostSecret Web site and book series, will speak at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Thursday, Dec. 10.
Warren's appearance in the college's annual Speaker series takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Junker Center. The event is free and open to the public. (more)
Erie's eighth annual TubaChristmas concert will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The performance begins at 12:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. A cookie reception will follow. (more)
About 23.6 million Americans have diabetes and another 54 million are at risk to develop the disease. As these numbers continue to increase, Diabetes Awareness Month, observed throughout November, is more important than ever. Diabetes, a disease in which the body can't regulate the amount of sugar in the blood, currently affects about 8 percent of the population, a number that is increasing rapidly, according to this week's edition of The Medical Minute, a service of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. (more)
On Nov. 9, USA Today -- the nation's top-selling newspaper -- in cooperation with Penn State launched a new e-Edition for Penn State students as part of the University's continuing mission to promote newspaper reading as a way of integrating real world with classroom study. Since 1997, Penn State has had a readership program in place -- the first of its kind in the nation and a model for more than 500 collegiate readership programs nationwide. (more)
In a ceremony earlier this week, members of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Board of Directors and Penn State Board of Trustees unveiled the newly named Edward P. "Ted" Junker III Auditorium in honor of Junker's tenure as Board of Directors chairman and his service to the Medical Center, College and University. (more)
