In a mock primary conducted on March 3-4, the clear winner was Barack Obama, one of the contenders for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
Senator Obama received 47 votes, followed by Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain, tied at 21.
The Penn State Greater Allegheny Lady Lions will travel to take on Penn College of Technology on Tuesday, March 4 in the opening round of the PSUAC playoffs. Tip-off from Williamsport is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. PSUGA and Penn College finished tied in the conference with Penn College winning the tie breaker. They defeated PSUGA on December 1st, 64-49. The winner will take on the winner of the Penn State Schuylkill on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park.
Hope Finds A Way: THON 2008
THON 2008 was a huge success! Penn State Greater Allegheny recently took part in a 46 hour no sleeping-no sitting dance marathon to help raise money for kids with pediatric cancer. The Penn State Greater Allegheny campus collected $11, 233.15 of the total $6.6 million raised. We would like to thank the surrounding community of Penn State Greater Allegheny for all donations and support.
Penn State Greater Allegheny awarded two Research Development Grants (RDG) for the 2007-08 academic year.
Assistant Professor of Integrative Arts, Lori Hepner, was awarded an RDG for her proposal, Code Words Project.
Sophomore Ashlee Wygonik (Agriculture major; Port Vue, PA/ South Allegheny) has received national recognition for her efforts on and off the basketball court. Wygonik, who led the Lady Lions Basketball team in scoring and rebounds, was named to the USCAA's All-American and National All-Academic teams. Wygonik is the first Penn State Greater Allegheny student-athlete to receive these awards. For more information, visit http://www.theuscaa.com/.
Congressman Mike Doyle will speak to a strategic business planning class at Penn State Greater Allegheny on Monday, March 3, 2008 at noon. The topic of his discussion will be "The Democratic Election Strategy and the Role of the Super Delegates."
Dean Henry Foley, Dean of the College of Information Systems and Technology (IST), visited Penn State Greater Allegheny on February 21. Accompanied by the College's Associate Dean, John Yen, and Associate Professor of IST, Gerald Santoro, Dean Foley met with campus administration, IST students and faculty during his 3 1/2 hr. visit to the campus.
THON broke all records this year, raising more than $6 million and bringing the total raised since its inception to more than $50 million for the Four Diamonds Fund. The actual total raised was $6,615,318.04. "We went crazy when we saw the total," said dancer Allie DiCastro. "It's such a rewarding experience. It's something I'll have for the rest of my life." Fellow dancer Tina Clavvers agreed. "At times it definitely felt more difficult than we thought. But the last two hours we spent a lot of time with our families. When I got to dance with my THON child near the end it brought it all home and gave me lots of energy," she said. For a small sampling of photos from Friday, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1596 online; from Saturday, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1597 online; and from Sunday, including the total, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1598 online. For a larger collection of photos covering much of the activity from THON 08, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1599 online. For photos from THON Express, a 135- mile run that began at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, and ended on Feb. 22 at the Bryce Jordan Center, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1595 online.
Verónica Montecinos, professor of sociology, will be honored by International Programs in March with a Spirit of Internationalization Award. Dr. Montecinos is one of six women who will be presented with this award in honor of International Women's Day. The award was established to "honor women with international interests who have shown extraordinary strength of character and commitment to the cause of internationalization." (http://www.international.psu.edu/index.html).
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