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Penn
State
student-athletes
continue to deliver
outstanding graduation
rates
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The NCAA's annual study of institutions
across the nation revealed Penn State
student-athletes at the University Park
campus earned a Graduation Success Rate
of 88 percent compared with the 83 percent
average for all Division I institutions for
students entering from 2005-06 through the
2008-09 academic year.
Throwback Thursday
Beaver Stadium
Students, faculty, staff
and visitors gather in
Beaver Stadium for
commencement in the
early 1960s, not long
after the new stadium
was completed on the
east side of the
University Park
campus. More
Around Campus
STORIES
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Feel like dancing
Global Entrepreneurship
Week at Penn State to offer
opportunities, ideas
Global Entrepreneurship Week
(GEW) is an international initiative
for entrepreneurs taking place in
more than 160 countries. GEW at
Penn State officially kicks off on
campus and downtown State College
Nov. 15. Full story
Virtual selves can help
boost better real world
health and exercise habits
Customizing an avatar to better
resemble its human user may lead
to improved health and exercise
behaviors, according to a team of
researchers. Full story
On the Old Main Stage
Penn State theater students, along
with collaborators from the School
of Music and College of
Communications, brought an
updated version of "Julius Caesar" to
a diverse audience. Full story
Annual Halloween parade
held at Children’s Hospital
On Oct. 29, more than 20 children
took part in the annual Halloween
Parade at Penn State Hershey
Children’s Hospital. Full story
The Penn State Urban
Dance Troupe
performed for a
lunchtime audience at
the HUB-Robeson
Center as part of the 75
days to MLK Day event
hosted by the
Multicultural Resource
Center on Nov. 4. More
Announcements
University seeks
feedback from Penn
State community on
strategic plan
Penn State is seeking
feedback on its strategic
plan from University
students, faculty, staff
and alumni. A draft of
the proposed plan is
available online and the
Penn State community
is encouraged to offer
its thoughts through a
simple online form.
21-gun salute planned for
Veterans Day ceremony at
Old Main
A Veterans Day ceremony will be
held from 11 a.m. to noon on Nov.
11 at Old Main on the University
Park campus. The Penn State
community is advised that as in
previous years, a 21-gun salute is
scheduled to take place during the
ceremony. Full story
Two prescribed fires
scheduled for Penn State's
Stone Valley Forest in
November
Between Nov. 5 and the third week
in November, the Forestland
Management Office in the Penn
State Department of Ecosystem
Science and Management will permit
the Pennsylvania Game Commission
to complete two prescribed fires
within the boundary of the Penn
State Stone Valley Forest in northern
Huntingdon County. Full story
Quartet drives Penn State
efforts in Ford College
Ambassador Program
Four College of Communications
seniors are representing Penn State
-- seeking support and online votes -as they compete against eight other
schools from across the nation in
the Ford College Ambassador
Program. Full story
simple online form.
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Nominations sought
for Faculty and Staff
Achievement Awards
The Office of Human
Resources is now
accepting nominations
for the Faculty and Staff
Achievement Awards for
2016. These annual
awards recognize the
efforts of faculty and
staff who go beyond
their basic duties to
bring about positive and
lasting change to the
University or to the
community. More
Events
University Choir
presents 'New
Beginnings' Nov. 8
The Penn State
University Choir will
present its annual fall
concert, "New
Beginnings," at 4 p.m.
Nov. 8 in Esber Recital
Hall. The program
features music by
Handel, Elgar and
contemporary American
composer Dan Forrest.
"Sine Nomine," a
"Sine Nomine," a
chamber choir of
University Choir
members, will also
perform. More
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