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The Penn Stater Magazine seeks alumni love stories

7/5/17

The Penn Stater magazine is seeking love stories from alumni. Penn State graduates are encouraged to submit memories of falling in love during their student days — whether love struck in a classroom, at a football game, or a chance encounter at a concert. Memorable first dates, favorite locations to go on a date, and the way love grew and endured — or ended — are all possibilities for submission.

Penn State Beaver student featured in latest issue of The Penn Stater

9/14/11

Penn State Beaver senior communications major Amy Green was featured in the September/October 2011 edition of The Penn Stater magazine. 'We Know What They Did Last Summer' highlighted summer internships held by Green and eight other Penn State students chosen from a variety of Penn State locations. Green spent her summer working with penguins at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium where she helped clean exhibits, bathe and feed the animals, monitored penguin eggs for hatching, and conducted tours for the public. She can be contacted at aig5089@psu.edu.

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Photos offer bird's-eye view of University Park campus

6/24/10

The new issue of The Penn Stater magazine offers readers an unusual perspective on the University Park campus: from above. In April, Public Information photographer Andy Colwell and Penn Stater editor Tina Hay hopped on a helicopter and spent more than an hour shooting aerial photos of the campus. The resulting photo essay is the cover story of the July-August issue of The Penn Stater, mailed free to Alumni Association members. To see a sampling of Andy Colwell's aerial photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2285 online. For the Penn Stater's collection of images from that shoot, visit http://www.facebook.com/thepennstater and click on the "Photos" tab. Information on joining the Alumni Association is available at http://alumni.psu.edu online.

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Strolling campus with the Lion Ambassadors, at night

10/10/09

It's one thing to go on a campus tour with the Lion Ambassadors, those enthusiastic, backwards-walking, history-spewing students. But going on one of their Lantern Tours turns out to be a whole other experience altogether. The Lion Ambassadors -- the student corps of the Alumni Association -- offered their annual Lantern Tours on Friday night. To learn more about the tours, read Tina Hay's account in her Penn Stater blog, at http://pennstatermag.com/2009/10/10/strolling-campus-with-the-lion-ambas... online. For photos of the Lantern Tours, go to http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2155.

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Penn Stater editor gets bird's-eye view of campus

9/13/09

The Penn Stater magazine's editor, Tina Hay, got a little bored during the third quarter of the Penn State-Syracuse game this weekend, so she decided to hop on a state police helicopter and go for a ride. OK, that's not exactly how it happened. Her ride was set up earlier in the week. Her goal was to see how the helicopter is used to monitor traffic during football games, so she could write about it in her column in the next Penn Stater. Things didn't quite work out as planned because of the weather, but while she didn't get to see the traffic detail, she did get some spectacular shots of Penn State's University Park campus. To read about her experience, visit her blog at http://pennstatermag.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/buzzing-the-stadium/ online. To see her photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2140 online.

Penn Stater seek stories about first days on campus

5/21/09

Memories of arriving on campus last a lifetime for many alumni. Editors of The Penn Stater magazine want to hear stories about being a brand-new student on any Penn State campus. Stories about packing at home, setting up a residence hall room, tearfully saying goodbye to Mom and Dad, making first friends, getting lost on campus -- whatever stands out vividly years after graduation -- all are possibilities for submission.

Penn Stater magazine seeks stories about enduring college friendships

7/9/08

Friendships formed at Penn State often last a lifetime. The Penn Stater magazine is looking for stories about groups of friends who kept in touch after graduation day, sticking together through marriages, babies, career changes, divorces, mid-life crises, even grandchildren. The editors of The Penn Stater want to hear about how groups of alums stay connected, whether it's through yearly vacations, round-robin letters or reunions. Alumni should send their stories (no more than 300 words) to The Penn Stater magazine, Hintz Family Alumni Center, University Park, Pa. 16802, e-mail them to pennstater@psu.edu or fax them to (814) 863-5690. The best stories will be included in an upcoming issue of The Penn Stater magazine. Submissions are due by Aug. 15, 2008, and may be edited for length and clarity.