Penn State, State College Noon News & Features: Wednesday, June 22

State College, Penn State and Centre County are in the news — locally, nationally, internationally and in cyberspace. We post the latest sampling of stories of note, with links, from our site and across the Web every weekday in Noon News & Features.

Here is Wednesday’s offering:

News

• Fifteen Layoffs Announced in Penn State Outreach (StateCollege.com)

• Ferguson Police Seek Man in Debit-Card Incident (StateCollege.com)

• State College Man Convicted of Child Rape (StateCollege.com)

• Come Sept. 3, Happy Coach Paterno Day! (Onward State)

• Museum Asking Townships for Funds (Centre Daily Times)

• Penn State Tops Gartner’s Supply Chain Education Rankings (Penn State Live)

• Penn State’s Dickinson Law School Asking Supreme Court for Review of Decision in Case on Reservists (Harrisburg Patriot-News)

• County Seeks DUI Court Grant (Centre Daily Times)

• Vehicle Theft Worst In California, Survey Finds; State College Had Fewest (Consumer Affairs)

Opinion/Columns

• Joe Battista: School Is Out, and the Valley Is Happy! (StateCollege.com)

Photos/Video

• Summer 2011 at University Park: Weather Camp (Penn State Live)

Sports

• Penn State Women’s Volleyball Named Big Ten Women’s Team of the Year (StateCollege.com)

• Spikes’ Offense Halted in 9-0 Loss (State College Spikes)

• Gelfand Named Lady Lion Director of Basketball Operations (GoPSUsports)

• Penn State Women’s Hockey Adds Stroemel and Kearns to Coaching Staff (GoPSUsports)

• Isang Jacob Named Head Men’s Soccer Coach at IUPUI (GoPSUsports)

• Penn State Uplifting Athletes ‘Lift For Life’ Set for July 8 to Benefit the Kidney Cancer Association (GoPSUsports)

• Penn State Recruits May Need to Get in Line (PennLive)

• Joe Paterno Breaks NCAA Rules, Too (CBS Sports)

• Penn State’s Greatest Games Of The Big Ten Era – 1994 Ohio State (Black Shoe Diaries)