August 2015
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Penn State Kicks Off Academic Year After Move-In Weekend
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“The excitement of move-in weekend and being reunited with all of my closest friends is great,” Rittenhouse said, “but I can’t help but fight the sinking feeling that this is my last time ever experiencing move-in weekend. That’s the way the cookie crumbles, though.”
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Keegan-Michael Key Announced As 2015 Homecoming Grand Marshal
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Keegan-Michael Key was announced as the Grand Marshal for Homecoming 2015 tonight at Be A Part From the Start. Key, a 1996 graduate of Penn State who studied Fine Arts, is a comedian widely known for his comedy sketch show Key and Peele, which he co-created and starred in. “You have been given a rare opportunity to…
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Q&A with BTN’s Gerry DiNardo & Penn State’s (Good) ‘Culture of Recruiting’
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To be frank with you, Gerry DiNardo knows football. Big Ten football and SEC football. Football as a head coach at LSU, Indiana and Vanderbilt (where he was Coach of the Year in 1991) and as an All-American guard at Notre Dame. And, since 2007, as a frank, knowledgeable and entertaining analyst…
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Penn State Football: Ham Makes FWAA 75th Anniversary All-American Third Team
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Former Penn State football linebacker Jack Ham was recognized in the present for his outstanding play in the past as the Football Writers’ Association of American (FWAA) named the Hall of Famer to its 75th Anniversary All-America Third Team.
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Logic vs. Emotions
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Do you go to Starbucks three times a week? Maybe cut back to three times a month and put the cost savings into retirement. Take stock of the financial choices that you make. Do you really need the big house (or the big mortgage that goes with it)?
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Schlow Maker Week Focused on Community, Technology, and Collaboration
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“It’s a good way to show people that the library does a lot more than they might think,” adult services librarian Amy Madison said. “Of course we have books and magazines and movies, but we’re very interested in technology.”
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Penn State Students Blend Words, Pictures, and Videos to Tell Stories
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Will Yurman said he designed the course to open his students’ eyes to the many ways of using digital tools to tell a story. Their charge? To use a blend of language, photos and video to tell the story of a senior citizen living in Centre County.
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Penn State Football: New Ball, New Feel For Nittany Lions
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So while Penn State changing the kind of football it uses this year isn’t going make the Nittany Lions four wins better all on its own, comfort, especially for receivers and quarterback Christian Hackenberg, is key.
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‘Glamour Camping’ Tent at Grange Fair to Raise Money for Tree Preservation
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“The trees are an important part of the atmosphere here, but lately they’ve had to struggle with a lot of disease,” says Ede Boake of Herman-Boake Auctioneering. “So many people come to the fair and enjoy the grace and beauty of this area, and we want to help keep it that way.”
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Penn State Ranks Among Most Sought-After Colleges for High School Seniors
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According to a survey done by Forbes, the desire to be in Happy Valley isn’t just unique to current students and alumni. Penn State ranked 24th for colleges that high school seniors wanted to go to, based on a survey of 2,700 high school seniors around the country.