In accordance with the Clery Act, Penn State released its on campus crime report for 2011, which showed an increase in criminal activity from previous years.
Last week's "Blue Out" -- the event that urged people to wear blue attire to the Temple vs. Penn State game -- fetched just under $75,000 in its second year.
The Wall Street Journal's magazine SmartMoney released rankings of return on investment at some of the country's most expensive colleges. The magazine analyzed tuition over four years as well as median salaries for recent graduates (graduates from 3 years ago) and mid-career graduates (graduates from 15 years ago). Penn State ranks 13th in their model, above the entire Ivy League.
It's that time of the week again. Everyone's favorite student government, the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA), held their weekly assembly meeting last night, and boy was it a barnburner, folks.
Penn State Live posted an interesting slideshow yesterday that captured the progression of Penn State's campus over more than 100 years. From the Farmers' High School, to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State College, and finally The Pennsylvania State University, our learning community has done a lot of growing up over the years.
Overall, Hyundai has donated a total of more than $45 million to pediatric cancer in 14 years, and by the end of 2012, the total will be more than $57 million. As reported by Gant Daily, over $325,000 of that total is going to the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital in honor National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In addition, Hyundai is also donating $10,000 to go toward electronic purchases to go in the teen activity areas.