The 32-member Board of Trustees candidate field lost one prominent member today. Jesse Arnelle, who has served as a trustee for 45 years, has "WITHDREW" next to his name on the Board's website.
There are 32 candidates running for the Board of Trustees this year, but among the most visible on campus (along with Gavin Keirans) have been the three Upward State-endorsed slate of Dan Cocco, Julie Harris McHugh, and Matt Schuyler.
Penn State unveiled a new version of eLion over Spring Break designed to work more efficiently on mobile devices. Although the site is intended to work better on mobile devices, users have reported warnings that the site isn’t optimized for their device. This comes around a year from eLion’s last update, giving students little time to get used to the new system.
On March 31, Penn State will be the first university in the country to directly auction off licenses to its intellectual property -- specifically, the rights to certain pieces of university research conducted by College of Engineering professors.
The loudest voices in this upcoming Board of Trustees election are those who are living in the past, driven primarily by an unhealthy thirst for vengeance. They refuse to acknowledge that the present poses new and distinct challenges, and that our Trustees are the ones who must lead this university through an uncertain future.
The recent kingmakers of the Penn State Board of Trustees announced its three endorsements this morning, with little surprise. Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship will support Alice Pope, Bob Jubelrirer, and Al Lord after a closed primary process between six candidates.