January 2010   Stories this Issue Elms Live On With Collection City Lights: 6 Events for Metro Alums Capital One Bowl Photo Scrapbook Paterno and Protests: The 1960s at Penn State Dirty Jobs Done Dirt Cheap "50 Fun Facts" Raises 4 Questions Iconic Elms Touch Alumni Job Hunting? Learn from 4 Experts Family Escape to St. Kitts Penn State News 25th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Penn State Posts Highest Grad Rate of Top 25 Teams Penn State Ag Sciences at PA Farm Show Penn Stater Staff Blogs on Books Winter-Proofing Kids Sports News Greaves' Speedy Saturday Leads to Big Ten Athlete of the Week Honors Lady Lions hold Special Olympics clinic Nittany Lions’ Capital One Bowl Win Earns TV Rating Increase; No. 5 Bowl TV Audience in 2009-10 Personett Named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week Swimming Season Underway Helpful Links Penn State Alumni Association Affiliate Groups Penn State University Penn State Live The Alumni Store @ Penn State Previous Issues December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 Unsubscribe Remove   Features Elms Live On With Collection Of all of Penn State’s iconic symbols, none are older than the Penn State elms. Not Old Main. Not the Nittany Lion. And certainly not JoePa—who is a comparative newcomer. But after more than 100 years of gracing the Penn State campus, the elms are under attack and dying. Now they are living on through The Penn State Elms Collection. MORE>>   City Lights: 6 Events for Metro Alums City Lights 2010 kicks off its sixth season of exciting programs starting Feb. 28 with “Famous African American Penn Staters” at Pittsburgh’s new August Wilson Center. More events are scheduled for New York City; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; and Harrisburg, Pa. MORE>>   Capital One Bowl Photo Scrapbook The rain that turned the field into a quagmire couldn’t dampen the spirits of the thousands of Penn Staters on hand for the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla. The Nittany Lions rewarded their cheers with a 19-17 taming of the LSU Tigers. Check out the photos. MORE>>   History and Traditions Paterno and Protests: The 1960s at Penn State What will 2010 be remembered for at Penn State? Too soon to tell. But thanks to The Daily Collegian, the student-written “first draft” of Penn State’s history, it’s easy to go back and see what was making headlines during the last 50 years and before. This month, AlumnInsider takes a look at the 1960s. MORE>>   Dirty Jobs Done Dirt Cheap Maybe it was bad timing, appearing in December when Penn Staters are preoccupied with the holidays. Maybe it was a bad headline, a death knell for online stories. Whatever the reason, we thought students’ stories of living in barns, driving the Campus Loop and posing nude for art classes would attract more readers. Here’s a second chance at that story, along with some letters. MORE>>   "50 Fun Facts" Raises 4 Questions For some AlumnInsider readers the numbers in our “Penn State by the Numbers: 50 Fun Facts” story last month didn’t quite add up. From a dropped dorm to competing claims for oldest student group on campus to calculating Creamery cone quantities, we try to clear the air. MORE>>     Executive Director’s Insights Iconic Elms Touch Alumni Since the 1890s—during Penn State’s infancy—American Elms have sheltered and beautified the Penn State University Park campus. They stand as one of our defining landmarks, intertwined with Penn State’s history. And the American elms are tremendously meaningful to our Penn State alumni. MORE>>     Alumni Association News Job Hunting? Learn from 4 Experts Downsized? Demoted? Discouraged? Help is as near as your computer with Penn State Alumni Career Services’ lineup of 2010 Alumni Expert Webinars and Alumni JOBSearch. Learn effective decision-making skills and take control of your career and destiny while gaining the knowledge and tools necessary for seeking satisfying employment in a challenging economy. MORE>>   Family Escape to St. Kitts Join fellow Penn Staters and the Penn State Alumni Association for the fourth annual Penn State Family Escape, July 17–24, 2010. This year, escape to the lush Caribbean island of St. Kitts and the luxurious St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino. MORE>>   Calendar of Events Alumni Association Events 2.28.2010 :: City Lights: Pittsburgh 3.24.2010 :: President's Concert, New York City 3.27.2010 :: City Lights: New York City Affiliate Group Events 1.15.2010 :: Monthly Happy Hour (Orange County, Calif. Chapter) 1.19.2010 :: Big Ten Trivia Night (Greater Boston Chapter) 1.21.2010 :: Lion Thursday (Greater Scranton Chapter) 1.23.2010 :: Penn State Men’s Volleyball in Springfield, Mass. (Connecticut Valley Chapter) 1.30.2010 :: Metro D.C. THON Fundraiser (Metro Washington, D.C. Chapter) 2.05.2010 :: Phil Grosz Night (Greater Scranton Chapter) 2.06.2010 :: Second Annual THON Night Out in Boston (Greater Boston Chapter) Published by Penn State Alumni Association Copyright © 2010 Penn State Alumni Association. All rights reserved.

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