TV personality John Colaneri will serve as Penn State Homecoming’s 2021 grand marshal, the organization announced Wednesday morning.
Colaneri is likely best known for his work as a real estate developer and home makeover expert. You might’ve seen him on a few HGTV network shows like “Kitchen Cousins” and “Cousins Undercover” or “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
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Colaneri is a New Jersey native who also operates his own design and management firm. He graduated from Penn State in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in labor and industrial relations and a minor in business management.
Join the Penn State Alumni Association for a week of virtual events
Senior Week 2021 activities include a Final Toast to the Class of 2021 with President Barron, a BIPOC networking event and a digital caricaturist.
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Class of 2021 invited to celebrate Senior Week April 25-29
April 21, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The Penn State Alumni Association, along with support from its student groups, Lion Ambassadors and Blue & White Society, will host a virtual Senior Week for the Class of 2021, April 25-29.
University-wide graduating seniors and their friends are invited to this online Senior Week celebration that will help commemorate the past four or more years in this chapter of their Penn State experience.
Noon on Monday, April 26: Financial Literacy program with the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center
5 to 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, April 27: Lion Ambassadors’ Exhibition of Who We Are BIPOC Networking Event
Noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28: Digital Caricaturist
April 28: Advice To The Class of 2021 Panel, with CEO Penn State Alumni Association Paul Clifford and members of the Class of 2020
1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 29: Senior Sendoff at the Allen Street Gates (University Park students only). Participants are required to follow the University’s pandemic safety regulations, including masking and social distancing.
Seniors can register for the virtual events and find more information about them on the Alumni Association’s
Next Gen Penn State members named and ready for input on next president
Next Gen Penn State listening process will inform search process led by Board of Trustees Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee
An important step of the official search process, which will be led by the Board of Trustees’ Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee, is a listening element that kicks off this month, known as “Next Gen Penn State.”Image: Chris Koleno
Next Gen Penn State members named and ready for input on next president
April 05, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As part of a phased approach to select a new president for Penn State, the Board of Trustees is engaging the University community beginning this spring in a process to inform the selection of a world-class leader to be Penn State’s 19
As previously announced, President Eric Barron
plans to retire once his contract expires in June 2022. Now, the board has formed a task force to spearhead efforts to find Penn State’s next president.
To get started, the Board of Trustees’ Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee launched a new initiative, titled “Next Gen Penn State,” to guide its efforts and receive feedback and input from the community throughout the university’s search.
“The Next Gen Penn State initiative is a ‘listening phase’ of our process within which stakeholders from varying backgrounds and perspectives will be charged with actively soliciting input from all areas of our community to help inform the selection of Penn State’s next president,” Board of Trustees Chair Matt Schuyler said. “This is a critical step in the overall presidential search process, and it is an indispensable opportunity for community members to be involved. We are asking our community to help inform the