Holly Gregory of Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, a law firm based in New York City, is the governance consultant the Committee on Governance and Long-Range Planning will be recommending for approval from the full board Friday. The committee voted last Friday to recommend her with a 7-2 vote, with committee members Anthony Lubrano and Barbara Doran voting against.
The Penn State culture survey -- the survey given out to university faculty and staff to determine exactly what Penn State culture is -- will have a preliminary report ready fairly soon.
Some Penn State students may be seeing a rise in their tuition as part of a university initiative to raise about $33.8 million in revenue.
Another attempt to reform the Penn State Board of Trustees is now in the works, this time in legislation proposed by state Sen. John Yudichak.
"We are ... targeted for December 4th although as always with construction projects, this date is subject to change," says IHOP spokesperson Craig Hoffman.
Now that Penn State has reached settlements with most of Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse victims, the university has received a boost in its credit rating. Moody's Investors Service announced Wednesday that it has revised Penn State's Aa2 long-term rating on debt from stable to positive.