There’s a particular weekend each February that means the world to Jack Sylves, a 6-year-old from State College, and his 7-year-old sister, Marlowe. It’s the annual THON Weekend, an unforgettable opportunity for kids like Jack and Marlowe to run around Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, basking in the attention of college students who are enduring a 46-hour dance marathon.
“They talk about it all the time,” says Scott Sylves, their dad. “After our first THON in 2019 they asked if we could go again the next weekend. Their favorite part has always been the love and support they feel from the dancers on the floor. They love shooting them with water guns and silly string.”
Penn State Schreyer Honors College seeks candidates for dean
The Schreyer Honors College seeks a candidate who can lead effectively and manage a college that is a multidisciplinary, multi-campus center of undergraduate academic excellence.Image: Pat Little
Penn State Schreyer Honors College seeks candidates for dean
February 04, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State has launched a national search for a new dean of the Schreyer Honors College.
Peggy A. Johnson, dean of the college and professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering, will retire from the University on Aug. 15.
Reporting directly to the executive vice president and provost of the University, the dean of the Schreyer Honors College is responsible for planning, budgeting, student recruitment and retention, fundraising, and the quality of teaching and learning experienced by students in the college and the Presidential Leadership Academy. The dean is a member of the University’s Acad
Now that you’ve accepted your offer to Penn State, and maybe even
found a roommate, you might be wondering what comes next. If this is you, it’s time to pick your housing option for your freshman year in Happy Valley!
Choosing where you want to live can certainly be a challenge. Each residence hall complex has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. To make your choice just a
little bit easier, we broke down the options.
North Halls
North Halls offers renovated suite-style and temperature-controlled rooms in its buildings. With North Halls being the smallest residence hall complex on campus, many students enjoy living in a relatively quiet environment. Living here will put you close to the library, the Palmer Art Museum, and the Forum Building, where you’re almost guaranteed to have a class as a freshman (…if classes are in person, that is).
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) Christian Brady was the first T.W. Lewis Dean of the Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky. He temporarily left that post in September 2020 to begin serving as interim dean of UK s College of Arts and Sciences. He is a scholar of ancient Hebrew and Jewish literature, and has been a long-time national leader in honors education, coming to UK in 2017 after a 10-year stint as dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University.
Brady also recently authored the book, Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief, and Hope. It is a Biblical scholar’s poignant examination of grief and grace in the wake of the sudden death of his young son.