Penn State will bring back Sexual Violence Prevention and Awareness Month this April.
Erickson is not average, nor was his task. He was close to retirement from his role of vice president and provost before being thrown into the president’s role on Nov. 9, 2011, during tremendous tumult. Penn State’s darkest days followed: Criminal charges and convictions for former employees, its football program nearly put into a coma, a once-sterling reputation smeared; and it was up to the man who’d been on staff since 1977 to see it through. When he accepted the role on that day, he said he did so under “circumstances I never could have imagined.”
Those who live in the shadow of Mount Nittany tend to know that physical place still matters, and that McClay and McAllister are right to defend special places as provocatively as they do — as spaces where “public virtues” are cultivated and American character is molded and shaped for the future.
The College of Agriculture Sciences will be hosting their annual Ag Day from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. today outside both the Creamery and in Alumni Hall at the HUB. The event offers students a chance to see what students are doing in the college, which was the original foundation of the university.
In 1855, James Irvin of Bellefonte, Pa donated 200 acres to start the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania, which eventually became our beloved Penn State University. Irvin’s Great-Great-Great-Grandson, Steve Irvin, now wants the land back, which will result in Penn State’s eviction from State College, Pa.
Famed OS commenter Laura Strobl is stepping out from the Facebook page and joining the Onward State staff.