The Penn State Alumni Association in September granted The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) Group of Distinction status at the Lion Level. The association’s Volunteer Services Team noted, “In reaching this level of excellence, your group is placed in the upper tier of our affiliate groups.” The Alumni Association will Read more…
For the first Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) virtual roundtable of the fall, a Collegian news editor interviewed two published authors who are Collegian alums, one of whom was an assistant sports editor and the other an editor-in-chief. The authors, Alecia Swasy and Rick Weber, offered tips on how to Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) annual meeting on Sept. 12 is open to all Collegian alums. It will be held in the Willard Building, the new home of The Daily Collegian and the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications. It will begin with a tour of the new media Read more…
Lion Legacy Podcast hosts Jared Melzer and Ross Weisbrot interviewed Collegian Alumni Interest Group Board member Dave Jones, noting that, as a 1954 PSU graduate, he was their most tenured guest. It is the 26th Lion Legacy podcast and can be found here. Jones, who served on the Penn State Read more…
The Collegian Alumni Interest Group (AIG) is conducting an election to fill four seats on the board. The deadline for voting is Aug. 19. All Collegian alumni are eligible to cast ballots. Click here to vote. The AIG nominating committee is recommending reelection of three current board members and election of Read more…
The Collegian has announced that it will hire a temporary, part-time news adviser who will be responsible for training student news staff members. The news adviser will focus on improving staff skills in multi-media, digital and social media. The position is for 10 months, beginning this summer. The adviser is Read more…
The board is looking for a diverse group of Collegian alums who are interested in engaging fellow alumni, mentoring current Collegian students and promoting the Collegian. This year, the board sponsored two series of Zoom Roundtables for students, created a mentoring program, provided guidance to the business staff to generate Read more…
On April 15, Jeremiah Hassel, lifestyle editor of The Daily Collegian, moderated a PRIDE discussion over Zoom featuring three outstanding Penn State LGBTQ alums. Speaking that day were Jeffrey Conrad, president and founder of AgIS Capital; Mara Keisling, a 1987 PSU graduate and founding executive director of the National Center for Read more…
Penn State Daily Collegian Lifestyle Editor Becky Marcinko talks about how reporters find and keep good sources with Scott Dodd, senior staff editor on the National Desk of the New York Times, and Len Barcousky, a freelance writer, author and retired journalist. Dodd has worked for newspapers, magazines and digital Read more…
Daily Collegian Sports Editor Andrew Destin interviews award-winning ESPN sportscaster Lisa Salters, a 1988 broadcast journalism graduate of Penn State and former Penn State women’s basketball player. Salters has been a reporter for ESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000. Earlier, she covered the O.J. Simpson murder case for ABC, Read more…