With a packed agenda including renovations to Beaver Stadium and the Lasch Building, the six standing committees of the Board of Trustees will meet today in Hershey, with a full board meeting to follow Friday. The board will vote on a variety of projects and initiatives ranging from changes in academic departments to the renovation of housing on campus, with a focus on capital planning.
Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the Associated Press, presented the Oweida Lecture in Journalism Ethics on Wednesday night in Kern Auditorium, emphasizing the specific code of ethics that comes hand in hand with photojournalism.
The university hired Julie Del Giorno as the Athletics Integrity Officer in 2012. Her position with the university is not widely known, and as intriguing as her job is, the person behind the title is even more fascinating.
President Eric Barron released a statement to the Penn State community in light of the recent allegations against the Penn State chapter of Kappa Delta Roe, addressing a litany of concerns after a day in which some accused the university of not coming out swinging hard enough against the fraternity.
Penn State World Campus and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot have come in agreement to help military personnel obtain degrees while stationed at the San Diego Marine Base.
Andrew Sears, currently the dean of B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Science at the University of Rochester, will take over as Penn State's dean of Information Sciences and Technology on July 11.