The Penn State Board of Trustees met this afternoon at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center to approve a slew of changes and announce the three winners of the alumni trustee election. It was a full agenda, so let's jump right in.

Approximately 12,821 Penn Staters will walk across the stage to receive a degree during commencement ceremonies University wide this weekend, including 9,100 at University Park. Onward State congratulations everyone receiving a diploma this weekend. You will always be Penn State!

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released a statement on Penn State's changes to its governing policy, which were adopted today at the Board of Trustees meeting. Previous auditor general Jack Wagner had called for significant changes in board structure in a report issued six months ago.

Want to see how your candidate finished in this year's Board of Trustees election? Penn State doesn't rank the candidates -- only lists them by ballot position -- so we did it for you. 26 candidates received over 1,000 votes. The top three won positions on the board and will begin serving their three-year terms.

Despite an 8 percent drop in applications this year — from 77,596 to 71,410 — the number of paid acceptances for the freshman class is up 6 percent — or 523 students — than it was at this time last year. Penn State has maintained that the drop is due to a nationwide decline in […]

Paul Suhey has released a statement following his defeat in the Board of Trustees election today.