Graham Spanier joined some students for brunch on Saturday in Findlay Commons. What do you think they talked about? (Picture courtesy of Robert Kieffer, our correspondent in the Far East.)
G-Span recently wrote a letter and recorded a video discussing the impact of the declining economy on Penn State. I suppose that by now he’s seen all the movies he wanted to, so he has a little extra time on his hands. If you don’t feel like watching the video, here’s the take away message: […]
Graham Spanier posted an assortment of brief movie reviews this weekend on Penn State Live— 17 reviews in total. Spanier says that he reviewed fewer movies this year because of the short amount of time between graduation ceremonies and Christmas. Indeed, with graduation on the 20 and Christmas on the 25, Spanier had just five […]
Utica College is installing a new “sensitive compartmented information facility” on its campus. The Buildings & Grounds blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education posted some technical info about the room’s security features. The most impressive and unusual component is the foil that surrounds the room. Not all SCIF’s have foil linings, a feature that […]
NOT! President-Elect (officially) Obama chose his friend Arne Duncan, Chief of the Chicago Public Schools to be the next Education Secretary (Cronyism anyone?). With that, Spanier will remain in State College for the foreseeable future. Mr. Obama plans to announce his nomination of Mr. Duncan tomorrow in Chicago, according to Democratic sources speaking on the […]
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