Over the past nine months, alumni have given more than $50,000 to the Collegian Alumni Interest Group Sustaining Fund. That generosity matters — not just because of the dollars raised, but because of what it represents: belief in the enduring value of independent student journalism. The Collegian has always been Read more
But, we’ll take as many photos of Collegian staffers at work and at play over the decades as you’re willing to share. We’ve created a photo archives on this website under “About.” Check it out! Please send your photos – with the year(s) when taken – to collegianaig@gmail.com. We’re glad Read more
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group has been honored by the Penn State Alumni Association for its support of and involvement with current Collegian staffers and Collegian alumni. The AIG is recognized as an Affiliate Group of Distinction at the Elm Level based on activities and achievements during the 2024-25 reporting year. “This Read more
In 1901, when Fred Lewis Pattee wrote the Penn State Alma Mater —“For the glory of old State, For her founders strong and great”—his lyrics first appeared in The Free Lance, predecessor to The Daily Collegian. By 1969, sixty-eight years later, the Collegian’s orientation issue captured a rather different view Read more
Two Daily Collegian staffers are enjoying national recognition for their work. Photographer Alexandra Antoniono has won a College Media Association first-place in the general news category for a June No Kings protest photo, and Managing Editor Kahlie Wray has been named to the ProPublica 2025 Class of Emerging Reporters. The Read more
A celebration of 138 years of student journalism brought together Daily Collegian leaders and staff and enthusiastic alumni on campus on Friday, April 25. As a dynamic, independent news organization, the Collegian covers history and makes history, Editor in Chief Amy Schafer and Business Manager Zachary O’Brien said in their Read more
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) is raising funds for an endowment to ensure current Collegian staffers have the same great experience we did. One donor, Mike Kardauskas, wrote a note to the AIG talking about what The Collegian meant to him and why he gave. With his permission, his Read more
The Collegian has several avenues it can pursue in an effort to expand revenue and improve the organization’s bottom line, including grants, subscriptions, donations, and events. That was the advice Penn State Class of 1992 alumnus Kevin Naff offered to the current Collegian staff during his Alumni Interest Group roundtable Read more
There are no trains, and there are no stations. That was the central message Andrew McGill delivered to Collegian students this October as he led a roundtable discussion about career paths and outlined the various steps he took from Collegian managing editor in 2010 to owner of his own consulting Read more
The Collegian AIG strongly objects to Penn State’s removal of all 35 Daily Collegian newspaper racks on Sept. 18 in a dispute over ads atop fewer than 10 of the racks. In addition, the AIG believes the Penn State administration should have given The Collegian an opportunity to remove the Read more