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…
Election for the four open seats on The Daily Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) Board of Directors will be conducted online between Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. Click here for a link to the ballot. The Collegian AIG nominating committee recommended Krystle Kopacz, Terrence Casey, Sheila (McCauley) Young and Leen Read more…
No one self-nominated to run for election to the board of directors of the Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) so the slate of candidates on the ballot will be the one recommended by the AIG nominating committee. The election will be conducted online between Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. A Read more…
During Penn State’s “We Are Weekend,” the two principals who led nine months of research into best practices to revitalize The Daily Collegian presented their recommendations to an audience of 30 that included Collegian students and alumni and university officials. Bob Buday, one of the two principals who led the Read more…
The Collegian AIG is recommending a slate of four candidates to serve on the board of directors. Four seats with terms expiring this year will be filled in an election to be conducted between Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. The recommended slate is Krystle Kopacz, Terrence Casey, Sheila (McCauley) Young Read more…
The board of directors for The Daily Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) has scheduled Aug. 29 through Sept. 5 for election of board members. A nominating committee consisting of three board members, chaired by Dan Koli-Winklebleck, will interview candidates to serve on the board and recommend a slate. A tentative Read more…
New York Times Deputy Standards Editor Mike Abrams, who served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian in 1993-94, talked about the potential and the pitfalls of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism with two dozen Collegian students and alumni in a Zoom roundtable hosted by current editor-in-chief Nick Stonesifer. Abrams is Read more…
The Penn State Alumni Association has granted Collegian AIG Treasurer Megan Hennigan the Martin R. Cepeda Jr. Award for Alumni Career Advancement and Development. This award recognizes Megan’s work to launch, develop, coordinate, and promote the Zoom Roundtable programs that she and former AIG President Jordan Hyman created to introduce Read more…
The Collegian AIG sponsored two Zoom Roundtables for Collegian staff members, including one with Erica Beshears Perel, the former student newspaper general manager who turned around The Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The other Zoom Roundtable star was Collegian alum Sara Cudemo, who Read more…
In the board election in August, Collegian alumni elected two new members and re-elected two sitting AIG board members. In addition, another board member was named to replace one who resigned. The returning members are Robyn Radomski, President of the Board, and Karen Pallotta, who created and oversees the AIG Read more…