Homecoming 2010
Date: October 09, 2010
It's not too early to start planning for Homecoming 2010! The Nittany Lions will face the Fighting Illini.

Stay tuned for more details.

Campus Greek News
Phi Delt house to be demolished

From the 7/27/10 issue of The Daily Collegian.

The university's decision to convert the former Phi Delta Theta fraternity house into a "green space" has elicited disappointment from the greek community.

Penn State bought the 243 N. Burrowes property for $1.75 million in May, after a legal dispute with the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

The fraternity was disbanded in 2007 for drinking violations.

The decision was made to turn the property into a "green space" -- complete with sidewalks and benches, university spokeswoman Annemarie Mountz said.

The demolition process began Monday evening (7/26), when contractors put up fencing around the construction area, Mountz said.

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A Snapshot of Our Campaign and Strategic Plan
Our leadership for the three eras we are focusing on, 1980-84, 1995-2000 and 2001-2007 continue to get organized.

Dan Vogel, era captain for 1980-84, was able to get Bob Bahnick to agree to be the class agent for 1981.  Dan is also working on others to get his leadership into place.  See below for more details on each era's leadership team.

Written Campaign Pledges To Date: $1,057,000.00
-Total pledges: 241 pledges out of 981 alumni
-Percentage to goal: 47% of our overall goal of $2.25 MM
-Percentage of alumni who have pledged: 25%
-$343,000 needed to hit our second intermediate goal of $1.4 MM

Finally, some of you have asked for a snapshot of our strategic plan to share with others.  Well, here it is.  Click on the continued link to view our snapshot.
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