At the Board of Trusee's Committee on Outreach, Development, and Communications Relations meeting today, new Director of Strategic Communications Lawrence Lokman presented the department's newest video campaign, called the "Brand Storybook," set to launch on Feb. 1. The video storytelling campaign will highlight the personal stories and endeavors of Penn Staters.
Alex Shockley, Melissa McCleery, Alex Stough, Ted Hozza, and Alley Lemont were confirmed as members of the Internal Development Committee after a fairly contentious discussion. That and more in your weekly UPUA recap.
Penn State trustees are all volunteer, but that's not to say the position doesn't come with some considerable -- and evidently expensive -- perks. The Board used $57,000 at a recent meeting for expenses.
For its second straight meeting, the Board of Trustees will have airport-like security for those wishing to attend the sure-to-be brouhaha after trustees again received threats related to the meeting.
Beginning on Aug. 1, Anne Langley will take over as the new Associate Dean for Research, Collections, and Scholarly Communications in Penn State’s University Libraries.
Penn State has received a $30 million grant from NASA to lead a five-year study of carbon-related greenhouse gases. The goal of the study is to better understand and thus better manage climate change.