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In
the News
November 14, 2002
Jordan
Center entertainers
educate marketing students
Understandably,
the attention of most of last Friday night's audience was drawn to the
on-the-mat and ringside histrionics of such personalities as Kane, HHH
and Lance Storm as they taunted and seemed to beat the living tar out
of each other at The Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
However, students who were in the know about behind-the-scenes events
during the wrestlers' visit to campus with the rest of the World Wrestling
Entertainment's RAW cast and crew could testify to how the center has
grown into an extra, quieter role than provider of top-notch events in
recent years -- an educational role.
Great
Valley 'races' to fulfill the
educational needs of the community
Penn
State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies was formed
39 years ago in King of Prussia as the King of Prussia Graduate Center
(KPGC), to provide graduate level engineering science programs to the
nearby General Electric Goddard Space Center (now Lockheed Martin Management
and Data Systems).
Spiritual
Center
expansion progressing
The
roof is on, and the interior rooms are beginning to take shape in the
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the University Park campus. The project,
which is expected to be completed at the end of March, will add roughly
29,400 square feet of worship and program space to the existing Eisenhower
Chapel, which currently is roughly 24,000 square feet. The resulting building
will be one of the largest religious centers on a public university campus
in the nation.
Nominations
for President's
Award due by Jan. 6
A call
has gone out for nominations for the 2003 President's Award for Excellence
in Academic Integration.
Candidates
are sought for
Student Affairs vice president
The University is seeking candidates for the position of
vice president for Student Affairs. The vice president serves as the University's
principal administrative leader for Student Affairs and reports directly
to the president of the University.
WPSU-FM
surpasses goal,
sets fund-raising record
Public
radio station WPSU-FM completed its nine-day fall membership campaign,
surpassing its goal with pledges of more than $73,000. The amount is a
record-setting total for the station in a single membership drive.
Did
you know ...
A lot more goes on in Beaver Stadium on the University
Park campus on a football Saturday than is immediately apparent to the
average football fan.
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