Administration
Administration
Trustees hear financial update on Intercollegiate Athletics
9/13/18
Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics continues to experience revenue growth, with a stabilized budget and increased reserve balance, according to Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour, who presented today (Sept. 13) to the Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning.
Trustees committee approves 2019-20 graduate apartment rates
9/13/18
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (Sept. 13) approved the graduate apartment rates for the upcoming 2019-20 academic year. The full board will consider the proposed rates on Sept. 14.
Pattee Library renovation to expand student study, collaboration spaces
9/13/18
Penn State’s Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning approved a plan today (Sept. 13) that will help to expand space at Pattee Library for student studying and collaboration on the University Park campus.
Board committee approves architects for two projects at University Park
9/13/18
The Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning on Sept. 13 approved two proposals for projects at the University Park campus — a replacement for James Building and the relocation of the Applied Research Laboratory Steam Plant. The proposals was approved by the full board on Sept. 14.
Board approves architect for Beaver Community Center project at Penn State Berks
9/13/18
With a continuously increasing student population and the need to support various programs, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved Atkin Olshin Schade Architects of Philadelphia, as the architect for the Beaver Community Center at Penn State Berks on Sept. 14.
Board of Trustees committee recommends 2019-20 budget plan
9/13/18
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (Sept. 13) recommended for approval a 2019-20 University budget plan that includes a request to the Commonwealth to increase Penn State’s total appropriation by $19.6 million, for a total of $347 million in state support.
Bellisario dean discusses digital innovation with trustees
9/13/18
A variety of efforts to drive innovation promise to position Penn State as a leader in teaching, research and economic development across a dynamic digital landscape in coming decades. Some of those initiatives – funded by Penn State through a grant program tied to its strategic plan – were shared with the Board of Trustees Committee on Governance and Long-Range Planning during a meeting Sept. 13.
Customers Bank champions Penn State Berks Homework Hotline
9/12/18
Penn State Berks will receive a $25,000 check from Customers Bank in support of the college’s Homework Hotline at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building lobby.
Penn State IT set to integrate FPS, Access Accounts as part of OneID rebranding
9/12/18
As part of efforts to keep personal and institutional information secure, Penn State is transitioning to a new and improved account management system that will integrate Friends of Penn State (FPS) accounts with Penn State Access Accounts on Sept. 15. With this integrated system, users who previously may have had multiple digital identity records like Access and FPS Accounts will now be able to use a single OneID account throughout their association with the University.
Sept. 14 trustees meeting to be streamed online
9/7/18
The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold its next public meeting Sept. 13-14 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center at University Park campus.
Mary Beahm to retire as interim vice president for human resources in January
9/6/18
Mary Beahm, interim vice president for human resources at Penn State, has announced that she will retire from the University on Jan. 15, 2019. Beahm has led Penn State Human Resources since Aug. 1, 2017, following the departure of Susan Basso for a senior leadership role at Ohio State. A national search is in progress to identify a new permanent vice president.
Student entrepreneurship at core of newly released policy blueprint
9/5/18
Penn State President Eric J. Barron on Sept. 5 presented a new policy blueprint for how public universities and the federal government can strengthen their partnership to build a modern workforce that meets the evolving needs of employers and collaborate on innovation, while also becoming more effective partners with their communities to address local problems, and foster opportunity and economic mobility.
Smeal College of Business to partner with Barron’s in Education
9/5/18
The Penn State Smeal College of Business has announced a new partnership with the Barron’s in Education Program from Dow Jones. Wealth advisory firm PagnatoKarp, based in Reston, Virginia, has sponsored a two-year site license to Barron’s, one of the nation’s premier financial resources, that allows free access for Smeal students, staff and faculty.
Tom and Mary Ellen Litzinger create $1.2 million endowment for Shaver's Creek
9/4/18
Mary Ellen and Tom Litzinger have established the $1.2 million Mary Ellen and Thomas A. Litzinger Endowment at Shaver’s Creek through a bequest to ensure educational opportunities and a sustainable future for Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center at Penn State.