How to run a private meeting 101: Don't have it in a room surrounded by glass walls. Penn State either didn't get the memo or didn't care, because when Bill O'Brien met with a group of trustees this morning at a meeting closed to the media and the public, Mike Dawson from the Centre Daily Times was there to see everything, including his powerpoint presentation.
In his opening remarks, Joel Myers, chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations, talked about the milestones Penn State has passed and the plans it has for the future.
Despite most of the business at today's Board of Trustees Legal and Compliance committee meeting being conducted in executive session, the twenty minute public meeting provided a few tidbits at what's to come at tomorrows meeting. Notably, Penn State Vice President for Finance and Business David Gray provided the traditional bi-monthly update on the Freeh report recommendation implementation.
In-state students will see a 3.39 percent tuition hike next year when the Board of Trustees proposal is approved at tomorrow's meeting. The trustees are meeting in committee today at Penn State's Fayette campus in Lemont Furnace.
Congress may strip $22 million in federal funding from Penn State's Energy Efficient Buildings Hub, part of the redevelopment of Philadelphia's Navy Yard, according to a Philly.com report. But, Congress isn't likely to pass a budget this year anyway. If it does, about 30 jobs might be lost.
Thomas Shakely, a former Penn State student who served as President & General Manager of The LION 90.7fm and founder of Safeguard Old State, decided that there needed to be a book that told the real story of Mount Nittany, how close we came to losing it, and how the Mount Nittany Conservancy saved it.