Mark Brackenbury, Town&Gown
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Happy Valley Improv Finds Success While Bringing ‘Yes, and…’ to the Community
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When Andrea McCloskey, an associate professor of education at Penn State, achieved tenure she wondered, “What’s next?” McCloskey thought, “I want to do something new, I want to be […]
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Letter from The Editor: Rathskeller Special to So Many
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If you frequent Downtown State College, or even if you pay an occasional visit, chances are you’ve been to the All-American Rathskeller. If you’ve spent much time there, you […]
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Letter from the Editor: The Ties That Bind
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There’s really nothing magical about the flip of the calendar, but it does give us a good reason to look back on good moments and bad, victories big and small, […]
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Forecasting Success: Renaissance Honoree Joel Myers Built AccuWeather into a Global Force While Staying Loyal to His Roots
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This article appeared in the October issue of Town & Gown Magazine Joel N. Myers recalls having a “burning desire” to be a weather forecaster from the time he […]
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Letter from Editor: It’s About More Than the Hunt
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I’ve written before in this space about my New England roots. Hunting isn’t a major pastime in Rhode Island or Connecticut. There are some serious hunters there, of course. […]
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Letter from the Editor: State College’s changing landscape
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The building boom in State College and at Penn State over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. Perhaps it seems even more spectacular to the periodic visitor, not […]
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Letter From the Editor: No Ordinary Autumn
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It’s the most bustling time of the year. And for football nuts like me, it’s the most wonderful. Local students are back in school and the streets of […]
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Q&A with Jeff Steiner, executive director of the Dads’ Resource Center
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Jeff Steiner, new executive director of the Dads’ Resource Center, says his own experience growing up makes him “a pretty good match” for the position. Steiner was born to […]
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Letter from the Editor: Old school no longer
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When I was in high school in the mid-1970s, schoolmates and I were fortunate to attend most classes in a new, state-of-the-art building. State-of-the-art at that time in North […]
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Back on Course: With Boom Times Over, Local Golf Pros Cultivate New Interest in the Game
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While stats show participation in the game largely flat nationally over the past decade, there are growing signs of sunnier times ahead. The optimism is thanks largely to a greater focus on youth programs and efforts to attract new adult golfers by making the game more accessible — and more fun.