University Park, Pa. -- The Penn Stater magazine has been chosen as the best university magazine in the country, winning the 2007 Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year award. The Penn Stater will be recognized at a July 8 ceremony in Chicago.
The panel of expert judges assembled by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), including editors of Newsweek magazine, selected Penn State's magazine to win the 2007 Sibley -- the Grand Gold Medal -- from among 129 magazine entries. The Penn Stater is the first public university to win the Sibley since 1967 and only the sixth in the 63-year history of the award. Recent award winners have included Harvard, Stanford and Brown.
The Penn Stater magazine has won its share of awards -- 37 since the beginning of the calendar year alone -- but the Sibley is the pinnacle. Tina Hay is editor of The Penn Stater. Roger Williams, executive director of the Alumni Association, and Alumni Association President Lewis H. Gold are the magazine's publishers.
Published six times each year and mailed to more than 159,000 Penn State Alumni Association members, The Penn Stater features thought-provoking articles with characteristic depth, balance, integrity and humor as it covers Penn State news, recounts 150 years of Penn State history and traditions, profiles the University's academic research and achievements, highlights the lives of Penn Staters and keeps alumni connected to the University and each other.
The Penn Stater magazine is a benefit of membership in the Penn State Alumni Association. Established in 1870, the Penn State Alumni Association strives to connect alumni to the University and to each other, provide valuable benefits to members and support the University's mission of teaching, research and service. The Alumni Association organizes hundreds of annual events and programs designed to inform, involve and inspire Penn State alumni. For more information on the Alumni Association, go to http://www.alumni.psu.edu/ online.