Despite starting ten minutes late, UPUA sped through the agenda last night and was able to keep the meeting under an hour.
Economics professor Dirk Mateer, known for his popular ECON 102 class, has announced that he is leaving Penn State for the University of Kentucky. Mateer had announced last semester that he was taking a leave this semester, and that it was possible he would not return to Penn State in the Fall.
Congratulations are in order to Penn State's Smeal College of Business, whose MBA program was recently ranked 15th in ethics out of 82 schools as part of Businessweek's Best B-School's Rankings. If the rankings are to be believed, Penn State is more ethical than MBA powerhouses such as Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School, Penn's Wharton School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
A special committee from the Faculty Senate issued a document outlining numerous recommendations for reform in the structure of the Penn State Board of Trustees.
Penn State Board of Trustees chairman Keith Masser is one of the few members of our university's governing body with a Twitter account (@paspuds) -- although it hasn't been very active lately. In fact, Masser has been the opposite of active, with his tweet count going from a total of seven tweets to two tweets over recent weeks.
As Penn Staters, we are lucky enough to be surrounded by beautiful architecture and landscapes every day. And although most of us are rocking long-johns, boots, and four winter jackets, we can all appreciate how incredible this campus looks both during and after a snowstorm. Apparently, BuzzFeed can as well.