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The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra performs

Count Basie Orchestra and New York Voices to perform jazz April 3 at Eisenhower

3/7/14

The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra and New York Voices came together in Pittsburgh in 1996 to record a live album. The big band and the vocal quartet get together in Pennsylvania again — at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium — seeking to re-create the magic that won them a 1997 Grammy Award.

Bankers Life Field House in Indianapolis

Lady Lions travel to Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis

3/6/14

After winning their third-straight Big Ten regular-season title, the No. 11/11 Penn State Lady Lions (22-6, 13-3 Big Ten) head to Indianapolis in search of a Big Ten Tournament Championship this weekend. Penn State is the top seed in the tournament and will open play against No. 8 seed Ohio State, who defeated No. 9 seed Northwestern in the first round. The Lady Lions' quarterfinal contest will be played at noon on Friday (March 7) and will air live on the Big Ten Network.

Dara Taylor defends against Cal Poly

Lucas, Taylor and Washington win Big Ten major awards

3/6/14

Penn State Lady Lion senior guard Maggie Lucas (Narberth, Pa.) garnered her second consecutive Big Ten Player of the Year honor to headline the list of three major award winners for the Lady Lions. Fellow senior guard Dara Taylor (Wilmington, Del.) was named the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Year, while head coach Coquese Washington earned Big Ten Coach of the Year accolades for the third-straight season.

Ken Womack at Penn State Forum

Heard on Campus: Penn State Laureate Kenneth Womack at the Forum

3/6/14

“I don’t think the Beatles broke up because of any one person. I think that they had, in a lifecycle, generative fashion, reached the end of their road. They were ready to grow up and grow older. They were about to be 30. You just don’t want to hang out with the kid you knew when you were 14 when you are 30.”

— Kenneth Womack, the 2013-14 Penn State laureate, senior associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, speaking today (March 6) at The Penn State Forum Speaker Series held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. A prolific writer of a variety of both scholarly and general-audience topics, Womack is highly regarded as an expert of popular culture, most notably of the Beatles, and is a frequent public speaker about “Fab Four 101” and similar themes.

Bulletin board in McFee Elementary School in Katy, Texas showing that the students are Penn State proud and college bound.

Penn State partnership makes Texas youngsters excited for college

3/6/14

“We are Penn State” is a phrase often heard around Happy Valley during football season and THON weekend, and it has become synonymous with students’ love for their school. But unbeknownst to many Penn Staters, there is a group of elementary school students in Texas chanting the same cheer.

Board committee hears risk oversight review

3/6/14

To ensure that Penn State's approach to safety, public health and environmental protection is uniform, the University has multiple safety and administrative policies in place, and maintains a variety of training programs at campuses across the Commonwealth, according to Ford Stryker, associate vice president for the Office of Physical Plant.

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