In the most recent Zoom roundtable sponsored by The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG), three experts on digital media and publishing talked about their careers and how their experiences at Penn State, particularly at The Daily Collegian, aided them. Leen Obeidat, director of Business Development at flytedesk, a technology firm Read more…
Four sports reporters with Collegian experience who have covered PSU football over decades will tell their gridiron tales during a panel in the Bellisario College of Communications on Oct. 23 as part of the celebration of The Daily Collegian’s 135th anniversary. The panel, titled, “Stories from the Penn State Football Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) has earned the Laurel Level in the Penn State Alumni Association’s Groups of Distinction. The Alumni Association designated the Collegian AIG as a Lion Level Group of Distinction last year. This year, the AIG received the higher status Laurel Level for its work providing Read more…
Three New York Times journalists shared experience, advice and insights with about 30 students from The Daily Collegian staff in a Zoom roundtable on Sept. 12 sponsored by The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG). They talked about what drew them to journalism, how the Collegian experience helped them and what Read more…
As expected because no one challenged the slate of candidates recommended by The Collegian Alumni Interest Group Board of Directors, the board now has a new member, and three sitting members were re-elected to three-year terms in balloting that ended Aug. 26. The new board member is Christopher Wightman, a 1985 journalism Read more…
The Daily Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) has tentatively scheduled its annual meeting for Sept. 11. The meeting, to be conducted via teleconference, will begin at noon. At the annual meeting, new officers will be elected, including president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. In addition, the board will discuss its Read more…
Choose may be a bit of an exaggeration. There are four open slots on the board and four candidates from whom to “choose.” Still, it would be great if you did vote. It only takes a minute. We promise. And you have until Aug. 26 to do it! Click here Read more…
The AIG is raising money to benefit Collegian students in commemoration of the 135th anniversary of the student newspaper. Now all we need is YOU! You can choose from several ways to give. One is to buy tickets to the reunion events that will occur during homecoming weekend, beginning with Read more…
For the Penn State Alumni Association’s We Are Weekend, which has grown into a We Are Week, the Collegian Alumni Interest Group set up a panel of Collegian alums from the 1970-72 era to talk about their experiences on the paper during those tumultuous times. These years were chosen because Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group’s Nominating Committee has recommended a slate of four candidates to serve on the Board of Directors, including three current members of the board and Christopher Wightman, a 1985 journalism graduate of Penn State who worked as a sports reporter and assistant editor for The Daily Read more…