Another year, another list of generally forgettable commencement speakers at University Park. It's a recurring theme -- at least in recent history -- to recruit graduate students or faculty to give the spring commencement address for the various colleges.
Penn State's most storied building, Old Main, will be open this Wednesday, April 9 from 2-6 p.m. thanks to Penn State's Lion Ambassadors in connection with the Blue and White Society's PSi(heart)U week.
With a little more than a month to go until caps and gowns overtake campus for graduation weekend, Penn State officially announced the speakers for this semester's commencement ceremonies.
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.
Manas Rajaram recaps HackPSU, Penn State's hackathon, and offers her view on its implications for the future.
Student-led project Apparatus X, a self-sustaining emergency response vehicle prototype, will attempt to restore the Hurricane Katrina-devastated Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans by empowering its residents to rebuild their community.