Last night, Penn State's Twitter feed posted a tweet that read "See #PennState in a whole new way - Tuesday / 7 a.m. / http:// www.psu.edu". Many on Twitter viewed this as an announcement of a new website design for dear Old State.
As it turns out, the announcement was for a new commercial that the University has decided to place over top of their home page. Major letdown.
Read more about Penn State's subpar website (and what school's site gives it a strong run for its money) after the jump.
If you haven't been to TED.com before, go as soon as you finish reading this. The TED foundation is an organization that brings together some of the world's greatest minds and gives them a forum where they can present their ideas to the world. The speeches given at TED conventions across the globe are some of the most thought-provoking and inspiring lectures seen anywhere.
The foundation focuses its efforts on its flagship TED Conference and TEDGlobal Conference, but created the TEDx program “ in the spirit of TED's mission, ‘ideas worth spreading.’ The program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. At TEDx events, unique talks given by live speakers combine with TEDTalks videos to spark deep conversation and connections. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.”
The IST Alumni Society is aiming to bring a TEDx Conference to Penn State in the fall...Read more about it after the jump.
I am sure many of you were there when the iPad was announced. Personally, I was scratching my head and wondering how useful it could actually be.
Cole Camplese, the Education Technology Services Director, decided to put the iPad to the test. Starting April 6th, Cole decided that he was going an entire month without his laptop and cell phone, only using a computer when he's at his desk, and using an iPad for everything else. I talked with Cole to see how everything was going. Read on to find out how the challenge has been treating him.
As most of you probably know, Sue Paterno’s main philanthropic endeavor is with the Special Olympics. This weekend there will be a Run/Walk with Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes and the PSU football team. Participants have the option to run the 5K or do a 1-mile Family Run/ Walk.
Did I mention it ends by walking through the Beaver Stadium tunnel? Pretty cool. You know what’s even cooler though? Helping Sue Paterno and the Special Olympics. More info follows, but see the Special Olympics website to register online.
When: Sunday, April 25, 10 a.m. (Rain or Shine)
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. – Registration
10:00 a.m. – Start Time
Where: The Bryce Jordan Center (BJC) on Curtin Road
Course: Begins at Beaver Stadium
and wind its way around the Penn State Campus.
Runners/walkers will finish by running through the players’ tunnel
and onto the Beaver Stadium field.
Parking: Bryce Jordan Center Parking Lot
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The Society of Professional Journalists announced its Region 1 Mark of Excellence Award winners in New York this month and the Daily Collegian sure cleaned up.
Collegian reporters achieved more than 21 individual awards and two big overall awards in the competition, which received more than 3600 entries. Collegian members swept all first, second, and third place slots in the Feature Photography and Radio In-Depth Reporting categories.
More on this after the jump.
Despite being hailed as the number one party school in the country by the Princeton Review last year (our article), Penn State didn't even crack the top 10 on Playboy's 2009 Top Party Schools. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
The two rankings have significant differences in their methodology for crowning the party king. The Princeton Review's rankings are based on a survey of 122,000 college students across the country which, while very democratic approach, has lead to the criticism that the rankings are nothing more than a popularity contest.
Playboy's system is quite less ambiguous and more scientific (Playboy being more calculated than the Princeton Review?). However, their system may be a little biased towards certain schools. They use 5 categories: Bikini, Sex, Campus, Sports, and Brains. Each one of these categories had careful equations applied to them. Read on for the full methodology and list.