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
Approximately 12,987 students University-wide will receive diplomas this weekend as commencement gets under way University-wide. That figure includes 609 associate, 10,491 baccalaureate, 1,311 master's, 131 medical, 219 law and 226 doctoral degrees. At University Park, ceremonies began on Friday afternoon, May 4, with the ROTC commissioning ceremony and the Schreyer Honors College medal ceremony. The first commencement ceremony was held at 8 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center for roughly 1,020 students graduating from the College of Engineering. Commencement photos from University Park can be seen at http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157629603784402 online. Photos from ceremonies at other campuses can be found at http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157629989412357 online. (more)
Penn State Centre Stage, in its 27th year of professional theatre, will feature two of its best-selling shows this summer to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. (more)
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform Nov. 13 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus, as part of her North American "blown away tour." Tickets for the performance will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 18. (more)
The word "archiving" often evokes images of a life or event recorded on paper, stuffed into a box to languish on a dusty shelf in a subterranean level of a library, unvisited and forgotten. The new age of digital archiving shatters those images and brings to life vibrant photos captured forever by the lenses of a photographer. Alyssa Meadows, who will graduate on May 5 as the Integrative Arts Student Marshal, has taken her talents as a photographer and former stage manager and merged the two into a blossoming career as a digital archivist of theatrical productions. Her efforts were rewarded when she received first place in the Arts and Humanities Undergraduate Poster Exhibition for her digital archivist project of Kiss Me Kate. (more)
A solo concert by Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, assistant professor of music at Penn State Altoona, will be held Thursday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Paul R. and Margery Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. (more)
"We're honored to have gathered here all the laureates to-date and also the laureate-to-be, Chris Staley. We take special pride in Penn State's commitment to the laureate program and to its recognition that the arts and humanities matter. We come here today to celebrate artistic collaboration and the great art that such collaboration generates. Art that reveals to us, ourselves and renders life true."
-- Linda Patterson Miller, 2011-12 Penn State laureate, professor of English at Penn State Abington and master of ceremonies of the first-ever Penn State Laureate Jubilee held April 24 on Penn State's University Park campus. The public event featured past, present and future Penn State laureates, who came together to celebrate the University's commitment to the arts and humanities. Laureates in attendance were Kim Cook, 2008-09; Anthony T. Leach, 2009-10; Robin G. Becker, 2010-11; Miller, and the newly named 2012-13 laureate, Christopher Parks Staley. For more information about each laureate and the Penn State laureate program, visit http://laureate.psu.edu/. (more)
The Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society will hold its 47th annual Orchid Show on Saturday, May 5, and Sunday, May 6, at the Snider Agricultural Arena, located at the corner of Park Avenue and Fox Hollow Road on Penn State's University Park campus. Admission to the Show and parking are free and open to the public. The show will be open from 1-8 p.m. on May 5 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 6. Photographers are welcome to attend for a special hour of show availability from 9-10 a.m. on May 6. (more)
A public sale of new and used pianos will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Ford Music Store Inc., 913 Chestnut Ave., Altoona, Pa. Many of the pianos on sale will be from the Yamaha Corp. of America, which has an ongoing program with Penn State's School of Music. As a result, students and faculty have benefited from the use of quality new Yamaha pianos at no cost to the school during the year. These pianos are then are offered for public sale at a significant cost reduction. (more)
Penn State students from ComRadio will once again join the likes of ESPN and the NFL Network in providing live coverage and updates of the 2012 NFL draft, to be held from Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28. Two members of the ComRadio team will provide live coverage from Radio City Music Hall and the rest of the team will rotate as analysts from a studio on campus. All of the team's coverage will be available at http://psucomradio.com online. (more)
Students in Penn State's Music Theatre program performed on April 19 during WPSU-TV's "Music Theatre Spotlight." Each year, the production showcases the singing, dancing and acting talent of seniors from Penn State's Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre program.
WPSU will broadcast this event in the fall of 2012 on a date to be announced. (more)
