Penn State can boast another noteworthy ranking as it was named the 2nd Best College in Pennsylvania on Niche’s 2015 List. The university is only behind University of Pennsylvania in the study, which “ranks 892 colleges and universities based on 50 statistics and 12 million ratings from 300,000 students.” Nationally, Niche ranked Penn State #41.
The University Park Undergraduate Association ended the fall semester with a robust meeting, seeing the Speaker of the Assembly and the Internal Development Chair tender their resignations while two representatives were elected to take their seats.
Ray Walker is the oldest living Penn State alum. Ray graduated in the class of 1935 and will turn 103 this March. We reached out to Ray for an interview and he emailed back saying he was "most pleased and honored we wanted to feature this 'ole geezer' and his college antics."
If you find yourself in one of the study rooms on campus, you’re bound to encounter certain characters, especially during finals week. Here are the seven people we think that you’ll see studying for finals this week
Board of Trustees Chairman Keith Masser wrote a strongly worded response to the alumni trustees, who called for a special meeting of the board on Monday to discuss Anthony Lubrano's resolution on the Jake Corman lawsuit.
Another state legislator has reached out to President Barron following his decision to pose with students protesting at one of last week's die-in protests. In a letter written to Barron today, Democratic state representative Jake Wheatley of Allegheny County praised his decision to stand with students following Republican representative Jerry Knowles' call for an apology earlier this week.