Students who opt to use Penn State healthcare insurance provider Aetna will be paying more for their premiums next year, despite significant pushback from the graduate student community in recent months.
A study from the Institute for Policy Studies has found that Penn State is the second-most unequal public university in America based on six categories regarding executive payment, faculty employment and student debt.
The College of Communications went in-house to select its next dean, choosing associate dean for undergraduate and graduate education and journalism professor Marie Hardin to succeed Doug Anderson after his 15 years at the helm, according to a release.
Penn State began sending e-mails on Wednesday to notify of the upcoming transition from PSUTXT to PSUAlert, a system for which only Penn State students, faculty, and staff may sign up.
Some news came out of the Board of Trustees' Committee on Outreach, Development and Community Relations this morning at the Penn Stater, and it might result in crowded inboxes.
Rodney Erickson can add another honor following his retirement from Penn State. The university has announced the Rodney A. Erickson Discovery Grant Program, which will allow students to receive funding for engaged scholarship projects. The grant, which will benefit undergraduate students, has a current goal of $1 million, with $500,000 having already been raised through private donations.