When asked why she would leave the University of Illinois for Penn State after a successful 17-year tenure, Christine Thompson said simply, "Penn State is where art educators come from." Now, after 12 years at Penn State, Thompson, professor of art education, is being honored with the National Art [Read More]
Penn State announced today (Jan. 21) that President Rodney Erickson has named David M. Joyner as director of Intercollegiate Athletics through the remainder of Erickson's term of office, at which time a national search will be conducted.
"I have confidence in Dr. Joyner and want him to continue as [Read More]
More than 270 Penn State students gathered at the HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus on the morning of Jan. 21 to take part in the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, a community outreach event organized by Penn State's MLK commemoration committee. Go to [Read More]
Temperatures in the region and in some parts across the state are expected to dip below zero degrees Fahrenheit tonight and during the early hours of Tuesday (Jan. 22). Penn State faculty, staff and students are urged to be prepared for this extreme cold and to dress appropriately if you must go [Read More]
Filmmaker, producer, director, writer and actor Spike Lee will speak at Penn State Altoona at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5, in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Free tickets are available at the Penn State Altoona Bookstore, at the box office in the Misciagna Family Center or, if any remain, at [Read More]
Video of the Penn State Board of Trustees' regular bi-monthly meeting of Friday, Jan. 18, is available for viewing online. The meeting, held at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus, was streamed live by Penn State Public Broadcasting and is now archived at [Read More]
Eric Spiegel, president and CEO of Siemens Corp., will visit the University Park campus on Jan. 24 to officially inaugurate a strategic partnership between his firm and Penn State.
The alliance -- the first of its kind between Siemens and an American university -- includes research collaborations, [Read More]
The group tasked with envisioning a path for Penn State in the coming years received a day's worth of input Jan. 19, as leaders from throughout the University pondered the future and got a glimpse of a changing educational landscape, courtesy of renowned experts.
Titled "Planning for a New Higher [Read More]
Ceramicist Chris Staley, the 2012-13 Penn State Laureate and distinguished professor of art at the University, is discussing topics related to creativity and the intersection between art and life in a series of videos to be shared during the 2012-13 academic year, aiming to expand people's ideas on [Read More]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- As directed by the chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Governance Committee is conducting a comprehensive review, over the course of the next two board meetings, and will develop a specific set of reform recommendations to present to the full board for action. Any [Read More]
Keith E. Masser is the new chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees, replacing Karen B. Peetz, who did not seek re-election.
In picking 2013 officers today (Jan. 18), the trustees elected Masser as chairman and Stephanie N. Deviney as vice-chairman.
Elected to the board by delegates from [Read More]
