The Penn Stater Magazine

Follow Along During THON

February 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm Lori Shontz Leave a comment

This photo from Penn State Public Information shows students preparing the floor for THON. They started at 5 a.m. Friday.

Earlier today, a couple of us were trying to figure out what percentage of the student body is participating in THON, which officially gets underway at 6 p.m. Friday—in a little less than two hours. We’re not sure, but we’re guessing between a third and a half of the students at the University Park campus are involved somehow—dancers, volunteers, cheering on from the stands—and there are plenty of students from other campuses here for the big event.

And of course the THON families—children and their parents who are being helped by the Four Diamonds Fund, the reason 700 students will be dancing for 46 hours this weekend at the Bryce Jordan Center—are in town, too.

If you can’t be there, there are still plenty of ways to follow along. Here are some of the best:

The Daily Collegian’s reporters are blogging here, and the staff at StateCollege.com is doing the same thing here.

On Twitter: follow the Collegian (@dailycollegian), Onward State (@thonwardstate), and anything with the hashtag #thon2011.

And the College of Communications is again dispatching more than 150 students to cover the event, including a live webstream. You can find all of that coverage here.

Last year, THON raised more than $7.8 million for the Four Diamonds Fund. Check back at the end of the weekend for more details from this year’s event.

Lori Shontz, senior editor

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