An advertising/public relations major from Julian, Pennsylvania, will serve as student marshal for the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications during the University's fall commencement exercises Dec. 15 in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Ten Penn State students have been selected as the inaugural group of Bellisario College Fellows in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. The 10 students, two each from the Bellisario College’s five majors, were selected after initial faculty recommendations and by completing a rigorous application process that included reviews by alumni and faculty, as well as personal interviews.

Each year, the traditional Penn State Homecoming parade provides a valuable opportunity for students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. In what has become a tradition itself, the students produce the webcast of the event that is available to Penn Staters worldwide.

Three Penn State alumni, a faculty member and an award-winning Pennsylvania television leader earned the top annual awards from the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Alumni Society Board.

Penn State alumnus James P. Jimirro -- whose illustrious career has included roles as the founding president of both The Disney Channel and Disney Home Video, and who revived the National Lampoon brand -- has endowed a $1 million professorship in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Steven Rich, the Pulitzer Prize-winning database editor for the investigations unit at The Washington Post, will present a free public lecture at 5 p.m. Oct. 2 in 112 Kern Building.