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Taking action to eradicate State Patty's Day

2/20/12

Roger Williams, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association, penned the following column for the February 2012 issue of Alumni Insider, an e-newsletter for Alumni Association members. In his column, he addresses campus and community concerns about State Patty's Day and notes the actions that Penn State students, with the Alumni Association and other campus and State College community leaders, are taking to coordinate a "wide range of interventions."

Scholars debate future role of land-grant universities at Penn State

6/24/11

Five major issues are challenging America's land-grant universities, according to Penn State President Graham Spanier and echoed by conference leaders and presenters at The Legacy and the Promise: 150 Years of Land-Grant Universities, which concluded June 24 at Penn State. As land-grant institutions review their collective history to prepare for the 150th anniversary in 2012 of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act, they also address questions of weakening state support as well as varying interpretations of the land-grant mission.

Conference reviews history, impact, future of land-grant universities

6/20/11

American land-grant colleges and universities -- beneficiaries of the federal Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 -- are turning their attention to the transformational legislation as its 150th anniversary approaches in 2012. Penn State is initiating the conversation June 22-24 by hosting a national conference focused on land-grant universities' history and impact.

Philharmonic plays Carnegie Hall

Scenes from the Rose Bowl tailgate and pregame

Local couple and University employees support Higher Ed program

4/17/09

Alumni, Roger Williams and Karen Magnuson, have made provisions in their estate to support the Higher Education program in the College of Education. Williams and Magnuson can often be seen on the University Park campus. He is the executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association and she is the assistant director of University Publications and manager of the University Editor Representative System.