A waterless car wash. To most people, that sounds like some made up oxymoron, but to senior Taylor Mitcham, it's a business.
GE has announced that it will donate up to $10 million to the university over the course of the next five years to create the "Center for Collaborative Research on Intelligent Natural Gas Suppy Systems at Penn State." CCRINGSS for short.
Penn State is ranked third in the Big Ten, behind only Indiana's Kelley School of Business (8th) and Michigan's Ross School of Business (12th), and second overall in total enrollment (at 5,405 students) behind Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Starting this Thursday (1/30), rush week for business fraternities will begin in earnest with the Business Fraternity Council (BFC) Mixer. All of the business fraternities the University has will be present at the event, enabling rushees to meet representatives from all of the fraternities in order to determine which one (or ones) they want to rush.
Two Penn State basketball players, Tim Frazier (men's) and Alex Bentley (women's), were named as candidates for the 2012-2013 Senior CLASS Award, which honors NCAA Division-I athletes that have stayed in school for their senior year and have exhibited excellence in the following areas: community, classroom, character, and competition.
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.