With the 2012 Homecoming celebration coming to a close a couple weeks ago, preparations for the 2013 Homecoming week are already underway. Bobby Walter -- who served as the Homecoming Public Relations Director this past year -- was named as the new 2013 Executive Director on Monday. Walter was kind enough to answer 10 questions for us in the latest installment of our 10 question interview series.
Penn State senior Matt Besong recently developed Fight on State, an iPhone app featuring the Penn State Blue Band that was released today. The premise of the game is help the drum major land his signature pregame flip. There's one catch, though -- the football team is still on the field, and charging at the drum major at an alarming rate!
Big corporations love Penn State. This probably isn’t news to you, since you’ve likely read this oft-cited Wall Street Journal article ranking Penn State as the top destination for corporate recruiters, and it’s no secret that the university is contracted for research by many companies. Accordingly, executives from General Electric (GE), Siemens Corporation, and Volvo will be visiting Penn State over the next two weeks to highlight and discuss their respective relationships with the university.
The Nittany chapter of NRHH is sponsoring a free pumpkin carving tonight at 6 p.m. Get all the details and check out some Penn State jack-o-lantern ideas after the jump.
In an effort to raise recycling participation in residence halls across campus, the Campus Sustainability Office is sponsoring Zero to Hero: The Great Penn State Recycling Challenge.
Malcolm Moran, the Knight Chair of Sports Journalism and Society for Penn State's John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, is leaving Penn State. Effective in January 1, Moran will assume the role of director of the National Sports Journalism Center located in Indianapolis and associated with the Indiana University School of Journalism.