Former state senator Bob Jubelirer has scored one of the highest-profile endorsements for the Board of Trustees alumni election. Yesterday, Senator Jubelirer shared on his Facebook page that Tom Ridge, who resigned the Pennsylvania governorship in 2011 to become the first Homeland Security Secretary, endorsed him for Trustee. This announcement came after the first day of alumni voting.
Dr. Novak, No. 17 on this year's Board of Trustees ballot, has decided to suspend his campaign and throw his support behind the three PS4RS endorsed candidates to avoid vote fracturing.
If you've walked on Old Main Lawn since Sunday, you might have noticed that the Pennsylvania state flag has been flying at half-staff. Here is the order issued this week.
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Judy Meisel, a Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, will be speaking tonight from 8 to 11 p.m. in 112 Buckhout. Meisel will be discussing her experiences growing up in Lithuania during the German invasion in 1941 and other remarkable moments of her life.
Over the weekend, the Paternos released a statement to media in which it backs the PS4RS slate of candidates (Ed Brown, Barbara Doran, and William "Bill" Oldsey) for the Penn State Board of Trustees.