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The Best of Friends

From dorm assignments to teammates to physical and virtual classrooms, readers share the many ways their college friendships began—and how they've endured well beyond their days at Dear Old State.

Robyn Passante '95 Com

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Down We Go

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A Practice of Human Kindness

My Thoughts Exactly

Light in the Darkness

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Everyday People: Sydney Gibbard

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Make It 10

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Edmondson named president at University of Southern Maine

Greater Allegheny chancellor to start new role in July

Alum up for Tony award

Allen Moyer earns acclaim for musical set design

Alum set for lead role on Broadway

Talia Suskauer to start Wicked on May 24

Former point guard lands new coaching job

Dan Earl heading from VMI to Chattanooga

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In Memoriam

Celebrating the lives and legacies of Penn State alumni.

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Thomas Robert Ross

1967

Thomas Robert Ross created educational opportunities for children in remote villages during a career in the foreign service.

Marlene Pilarcik Soulsby

1970

Marlene Pilarcik Soulsby instilled a sense of learning adventure in her Penn State Scranton students.

Class Notes

Weddings, births, new jobs, career milestones, and much more—keep up with the big moments in your classmates’ lives here.

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Nick Lodestro

2002

Nick Lodestro '02 co-founded a business that allows veterinarians to focus more on medicine and less on operations.

Paula Garcia Todd

2003

Paula Garcia Todd '03 has been nationally recognized for creating greater access to learning resources for underrepresented students.

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A Grown-Up Venue

A renovated restaurant and bar in Pine Grove Mills offers locals an upscale alternative to the downtown live music scene.

Changing of the Guard

Common Wealth: Schuylkill

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Scouting Report: Katie Jones

Penn State's record-breaking pole vaulter shares her secrets.

Room to Grow

First Class

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From the Editor

This Old House

Time and change finally catch up to University Club’s historic campus home.

Light in the Darkness

Letters: May / June 2022

Faculty Expertise

Mary Beth Pinto and her therapy dog, Jessie

Puppy Love

Children with disabilities adore Penn State Behrend marketing professor Mary Beth Pinto’s therapy dog, Jessie.

Keeping Current: Diabetes and COVID-19

Q&A: Brent Ambrose

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Alumni Association members have access to full back issues of the Penn Stater

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