It's time for the first day of classes. And while a few particularly unfortunate freshmen are on their way to their early morning courses, others figured out Rule #1 for themselves. But whether you're up at the crack of dawn for your 8 a.m. or sleeping in until 1:25, here are some tips on how to succeed in college without really trying.
In celebration of the fall semester's commencement, a variety of Welcome Week activities will be held throughout campus.
Today is an important day; it's the first day of classes, where the new ideas begin to flow through your head and flourish again. Either that, or you're nursing a wicked hangover, and already dreading that ten-page paper you're going to have to write on why Ayn Rand was such a miserable frump. Depending on how it's going for you, you might already be looking down the barrel of a painfully long semester. But there's a glimmer of hope--what you can get excited about is the opening of attendee registration for TEDxPSU 2011.
Here at Penn State, our athletic programs always preach one main message: success with honor. No person exemplifies this message more than Penn State's long-time head football coach, Joe Paterno. A new book was just released that reiterates a theme we are familiar with: Joe Paterno is Penn State. Check out the details on the flipside.
This weekend, thousands of freshman just like you will be introduced into a relatively unfamiliar State College and Penn State scene. In this installment of Onward State's Freshman 101, we offer incoming Penn Staters tips on how to eat in Happy Valley.
