Seventeen Collegian Alums and Collegian students handed out hundreds of Collegian 135th anniversary commemorative editions and 1,000 pens stamped with the Collegian 135th anniversary logo as they marched in the 2022 PSU Homecoming parade behind Collegian and Collegian AIG banners. Two days later, 39 students and Collegian alums attended a Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) launched a fundraiser last spring in honor of the 135th anniversary of The Daily Collegian. All of the money raised will go to a project to be chosen by The Collegian students. The fundraising effort ends Nov. 1. Below is a list of the Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the final roundtable of the spring 2022 semester, the Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) sponsored a Zoom forum with two outstanding advertising and public relations specialists who discussed how the Collegian experience and Penn State education contributed to their work in advertising and public relations agencies. Chioma Aduba, EVP Read more…
Three Collegian alumni told current Collegian staffers stories of success and failure informed by their experience at the student newspaper in a March Zoom roundtable sponsored by the Collegian Alumni Interest Group. The roundtable focusing on leveraging mentorships and professional networks featured Lee Womer of LinkedIn, Chuck Hall of business coaching firm Read more…