Former Penn State President Graham Spanier was the highest paid public college president in 2011-2012 according to a study by the Chronicle of Higher Education, that is, if you include his severance package.
According to Philadelphia Inquirer sources, Ron Tomalis will be leaving his post as Governor Corbett's Education Secretary. Tomalis also serves as an Ex Officio member of the Penn State Board of Trustees.
Having to leave state college and return home is an emotional roller coaster. However, you can take solace in the fact that there are thousands of other Penn Staters just like you going through the same five basic stages of readjusting to life outside of State College.
Barbara Doran, Ted Brown, and Bill Oldsey got most of the hype as far as new Board of Trustees members go, but Penn State will be adding another trustee at its next meeting in July.
On Wednesday, an anonymous couple donated $2.2 million to Penn State's Geochemistry program, housed within the Geosciences department of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The $2.2 million will endow a faculty chair in Geosciences, which will bring "an individual who is among the very best" in the field to Penn State.
Penn State restored its contract with Adidas today, after Adidas agreed to pay owed severance to Indonesian workers.