The Penn State Hershey Medical Center has implemented a hiring freeze with the intent of eliminating 260 jobs through attrition, according to the Patriot News. The hospital also said it will pause up to $30 million in construction. “I think the notion that health care is recession-proof is being proven to be largely untrue,” said […]
I’m sure Penn would take offense. It’s a common mistake though. We’ve posted about the confusion before, right here. Anyway, I hope he applies to the right school.
All Tony Danza jokes aside, the Bryce Jordan Center has announced an upcoming visit from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be making a stop at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center on Friday, May 8, in support of their new album, “Working on a Dream,” released […]
There’s been a lot of talk lately around campus about Penn State expenditures. This got some of us thinking about how much money the University invests in its second greatest asset (other than us, the students, of course): its faculty. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Joint Government Commission, this query can be answered. The report sensually […]
Ben Skalina at the Collegian just broke that Graham Spanier, in a Faculty Senate meeting this afternoon, significantly changed his tack in approaching the economic crisis. Penn State President Graham Spanier introduced the possibility of laying off “select positions” at Tuesday’s University Faculty Senate meeting. While he emphasized that budget savings would mostly come from […]
Seeing as concerts are my favorite dry events at Penn State (this is even optional for most, too), it’s always great to hear of another one coming to town. This event takes us all the way back to 2003 (if you can remember that far back?) with Mae, a “first-gen emo” band that the satirists […]