Agriculture scholarship to be established
The university has received $50,000 from a retired agriculture professor to create a Trustee Scholarship for students in the College of Agriculture who have a financial need, according to a statement posted on Penn State Live.
The scholarship will be named after Dennis Scanlon, who taught at the university from 1982 to 2008, and his wife Janet. Students majoring in agricultural and extension education -- Scanlon's field of study -- will receive first preference for the scholarship, according to the release.
"We have a good strong agricultural education program in the state. I want to keep that going," Scanlon told Penn State Live.
Performances to debut at State Theatre
The first in a series of live Metropolitan Opera performances shown on the big screen will debut at 1 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. The Met's production of Puccini's Tosca will be broadcast in high definition to theaters across the country.
Tickets are on sale for $22 for adults, $20 for seniors, $18 for students and $15 per child.
Verdi's Aida will be featured in the next broadcast Oct. 24.
More Jay-Z tickets released by the artist
Newly released student tickets for the Jay-Z concert will be on sale until 3 p.m. today on ticketmaster.com. Jay-Z, who arrived in town yesterday, offered the new discount tickets himself as a thank you, according to the BJC marketing department.
Jack's Mannequin tickets still available
If tickets for Sunday's Jack's Mannequin concert do not sell out by today, the Student Programming Association will open ticket sales to the general public at the door of Rec Hall prior to the show, which starts at 8:30 p.m. More information on when the box office will open is to come. Tickets are $5.
