THON Executive Director Katie Malley wrote a letter to the THON community explaining the decision to suspend the next canning weekend, originally scheduled for Oct. 23-25.
Penn State's primetime clash at Ohio State on Oct. 17 will air nationally on ABC. The 8:00 p.m. matchup, against the current 4-1 Nittany Lions and 5-0, No. 1 Buckeyes, was slated for either ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC when it was first announced earlier this year.
Another weekend is in the books for Penn State Athletics, and it was another success across the spectrum. Be it on the court, gridiron, or ice, Penn State found a way to get it done.
Ohio State will wear all-black alternate jerseys against Penn State on October 17.
Being rejected from a THON committee is not the end of the world. Contrarily, there are literally thousands of other ways to help make the best 46 hours of the year happen.
Penn State recently joined a coalition that seeks to make the college admissions process less daunting for prospective students by having applications available to students as early as their freshman year of high school.