Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts has launched its centennial video, which can be viewed at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/XjrXdqiLtoU online. The 11-minute video highlights some of the college's well remembered faculty and alumni as well as students and key events from the past 100 years. (more)
For its second year, the NYC Hope Gala will be held from 7:30 to 12 p.m. Jan. 22, 2010, at Capitale. The evening will include dinner, dancing, auction items and more. With LaVarr Arrington, former Penn State and NFL football player, being the emcee of this year's event tickets are going fast. Tickets are now available online for $175 per person. To buy tickets and for more information on table prices, corporate sponsorship or silent auction, visit www.nychopegala.com or e-mail GivetoTheHopeGala@gmail.com(more)
With two games left to play in the 2009 season, bowl speculation is running rampant as the Nittany Lions look to win out and attend a New Year's Day bowl game. Wherever Penn State goes, the "Official Penn State Bowl Tour" will go as well. The "Official Penn State Bowl Tour" is being organized by the Penn State Alumni Association and will feature a number of different packages depending on which bowl game Penn State is selected to attend. Air and land options will be available, as well game day-only packages and a student package, to allow for a variety of package price ranges. The Penn State Alumni Association is partnering on the bowl tour with Premiere Global Sports, a recognized national leader in athletic travel. (more)
The shows' bizarre murder methods, weapons, and plots are far-fetched,
says Robert Shaler, director of Penn State's forensic science program.
For students interested in a career in crime scene investigation,
Shaler recommends studying science and mathematics. (more)
After celebrating at least a share of their 12th-straight Big Ten championship on Friday at practice, the No. 22 Penn State women's soccer team made sure there was no share of this year's crown by defeating Michigan 2-0 on Sunday. The Nittany Lions dominated from beginning to end behind goals from Katie Schoepfer (Waterford, Conn.) and Jackie Molinda (Pittsburgh, Pa.). "This team is really good," head coach Erica Walsh remarked afterward. "They had a great October and are really deserving of the title." (more)
A new article in The Penn Stater magazine tells the story of the unheralded 1946 and 1947 Nittany Lion football squads -- two teams that helped establish Penn State nationally as a top program and, more importantly, made the University a key factor in the nation's slow march to racial justice. The men who made up those two teams are widely thought to have inspired the University's iconic "We Are..." chant. Read more, and download a copy of the story from the magazine's November-December issue, at The Penn Stater blog: http://tinyurl.com/yzrp5ua online.
Earlier this year, Penn State Live also paid tribute to the teams. Watch the story of the "game that wasn't," when the entire Penn State football team refused to play at the segregated Orange Bowl in 1946, at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/OoCbPyPlfls online. Hear from Wally Triplett himself as he talks about being first African-American to play in the Cotton Bowl in 1947. (more)
Henry C. "Hank" Foley, dean of Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology, has been named the University's vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School. Foley succeeds Eva J. Pell, who in August was appointed Under Secretary for Science for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. "Hank Foley is a tremendous choice to lead Penn State in remaining an important international center of research in the 21st century," said Penn State President Graham Spanier. "Throughout his tenure at the University, Hank has demonstrated a vision for research and scientific inquiry that will serve him well in this position." (more)
Last year, Penn State had more than 2,600 course enrollments by military service members and veterans, or 11 percent of total enrollment, in Penn State World Campus, the University's online campus. One reason so many military personnel are choosing World Campus is the flexibility of anytime, anywhere learning, which is ideally suited for servicemembers deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and other overseas installations. Penn State's commitment to increasing access to education for military personnel, veterans and military family members is being honored with the 2009 Ray Ehrensberger Award for Institutional Excellence in Military Education from the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). AAACE's Commission on Military Education and Training (CMET) presented the award Nov. 3 in Cleveland. (more)
Students in Steve Manuel's COMM 269 photojournalism class scattered across Penn State's University Park campus and downtown State College recently, trying to capture fall in new and different ways. The results of their work, along with a photo depicting the same topic by Penn State Public Information photo intern Andy Colwell, can be found at http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2177 online. (more)
Propelled by an individual victory from senior Bridget Franek (Hiram, Ohio) the No. 18 Nittany Lion women's cross country team captured the program's first-ever Big Ten Cross Country Championship on Sunday at the Blue/White Golf Course. "Today was amazing," said Director and Head Coach of Track and Field/Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan. "You couldn't have scripted it any better. We came into this thinking that we had a shot at a championship but so did Minnesota and so did Illinois. We just knew that we had to execute at 100-percent." (more)
