Campus Life

Live from the BJC

From our May/June '17 issue: For more than two decades, the Bryce Jordan Center has brought the biggest acts in music to Happy Valley—and Bernie Punt ’84 Com has been around for all of them. We asked the longtime BJC sales and marketing manager to share his best backstage memories—nearly all of which were fit to print.
Ryan Jones '95 Com

A ‘Marvelous’ Endeavor

An ambitious and unconventional opera a decade in the making, A Marvelous Order has its world premiere this month at University Park. Though it’s a New York story through and through, Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts played a vital role in finally bringing it to life.
Natalie Weiner

Ominous Etchings

Penn State's Special Collections Library houses striking woodcut illustrations of Frankenstein.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com

Big Number, Bigger Impact

The university's $2.2 billion fundraising campaign allowed Penn State to affect communities around the globe.
Jeff Rice '03 Com, Christina Baker, and Linden Markley '22 Lib

Changing Times

COVID and consumer trends have driven dramatic turnover of downtown State College businesses.
Robyn Rydzy '95 Com