
A memorial service honoring Bill Schreyer, one of Penn State's most storied philanthropists, will be held this weekend in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. The event will begin at 2:00 pm on Sunday and will include remarks from those who knew Schreyer well, including Schreyer Honors College Dean Christian Brady (@shcdean) and head football coach Joe Paterno.

It was a certainty that the Penn State women’s basketball team would make the NCAA Tournament. On Monday, the Lady Lions learned that they would face Dayton on Saturday at 11:10 a.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center. Penn State earned the six-seed in the Philadelphia region. Dayton is the 11-seed.

The Nittany Lion baseball team finished up their week taking three games out of four against Norfolk State in back to back doubleheaders. Penn State (10-5) just finished a 10-day spring break road trip winning seven games out of nine. During the trip, the Lions built a five game win streak, the longest streak the squad has had since March of 2008.

OnwardState.com and StateCollege.com are pleased to announce the sweetest tweet-up to hit State College since last spring's romp on the Hintz Alumni Center lawn. This Thursday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm-- scheduled to fit the post-grind commute-- your two favorite local Twitter outlets will be holding a tweet-up in Campus Candy at 346 E. College Ave.

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In the 10 minute period after being selected to #marchmadness, Tweets about Penn State rose 990%. (via www.twackle.com/headlines)