STUDENTS TO PRODUCE LIVE HOMECOMING PARADE WEBCAST: For the eighth consecutive year, students from the College of Communications will produce a live webcast of the Penn State Homecoming parade, which will be available at homecoming.psu.edu. The webcast will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and end when the parade ends at approximately 8 p.m. Along with the parade webcast, students have added a Twitter feed, and also will produce a pre-parade video magazine show about Homecoming behind-the-scenes. For the full story, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/61702 online.
STATE COLLEGE SOLAR TOUR SLATED FOR OCT. 7: State College residents are invited to participate in this year's State College Solar Tour, part of the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society's (ASES) 17th Annual National Solar Tour. Last year, 150,000 people in 49 states and Puerto Rico participated. This is the third year for the State College tour sponsored by Penn State ASES Student Chapter. For the full story, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/61595 online.
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY TO AIR PENN STATE PUBLIC BROADCASTING DOCUMENTARY, 'TELLING AMY'S STORY': In support of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Investigation Discovery (ID) will air the Penn State Public Broadcasting documentary, "Telling Amy's Story," at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 8. Introduced by actress and domestic violence prevention activist Mariska Hargitay, of "Law & Order: SVU," "Telling Amy's Story" narrates the events leading to State College resident Amy Homan McGee's tragic death in 2001, when she was shot and killed by her husband. For the full story, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/61684 online.
SCHREYER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE ANNOUNCES UPCOMING EVENTS: The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence has announced the following events: "Active Learning" and "Do You See What I See? How Students Comprehend and Learn from Figures and Graphs" for Oct. 10 in Room 315 of the Rider Building on the University Park campus. For the full story, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/61698 online.