Penn State Outreach invites alumni and friends to participate in GivingTuesday on Dec. 3 by supporting The Arboretum at Penn State, K-12 Engagement Network, OLLI at Penn State, Readiness Institute at Penn State, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and WPSU.
Continue »Award-winning author Tommy Orange will visit State College on Nov. 15 for a meet-the-author event that focuses on his novel “There There,” which was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and won the American Book Award.
Continue »WPSU’s "Our Town: Big Valley" has been honored with a 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Award from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The win hit home for producer Cole Cullen because the program features the community where he grew up and now raises his family.
Continue »A series of free public presentations, each focused on a different aspect of consuming news and related information, highlight a U.S. Media Literacy Week Celebration, scheduled Oct. 23 on the University Park campus, and will be held in-person and online.
Continue »On Oct. 8, Penn State Alumni Association CEO Paul Clifford will co-host "World Kitchen" with Tamra Fatemi-Badi, events manager for WPSU, who created the program. They will discuss cooking for tailgates while preparing a Lebanese-inspired appetizer, side, entree and signature drink.
Continue »The WPSU Local Groove Music Fest, scheduled to be held on Sunday, Sept. 8, at Tussey Mountain Ski and Recreation in Boalsburg, has been canceled due to lower-than-expected advance ticket sales.
Continue »WPSU has earned five 2024 regional Emmy award nominations from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Continue »Sally J. Sherman, a Penn State journalism graduate, will be the new host of "Morning Edition" on WPSU-FM. She takes over from Mel DeYoung, who retired in July after hosting the show for 13 years. "Morning Edition" airs from 5 to 9 a.m. each weekday on WPSU-FM.
Continue »WPSU is collaborating with community organizations to create "Cozy Corners," welcoming and playful engagement spaces located in lobbies of health and social service settings and on-the-go mobile units designed to assist children and families in emergency or time-consuming situations.
Continue »WPSU is being recognized with several prestigious awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award from the Radio and Television Digital News Association, awards from Public Media Journalists Association, Press Club of Western Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters.
Continue »As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Continue »Artists Delfeayo Marsalis, Lara Downes and Michael Mwenso are just a few of the musical legends who sat down with Penn State School of Music Professor Emeritus Tony Leach for an intimate conversation about the life experiences, struggles, triumphs and joy that brought soul to the page and inspired their careers for episodes of the podcast “In Their Own Words.”
Continue »Four budding poets from area school districts are the winners of the 2024 WPSU Poetry Writing Contest and will have their work broadcast on WPSU-FM and the WPSU website. The contest was open to kindergarten–12th grade students across 26 Pennsylvania counties.
Continue »Community is the heartbeat of WPSU and the station is inviting everyone to join in a celebration of appreciation and unity with three special events in May during WPSU’s Campaign for Community beginning with "Red Sweater Day" on May 1.
Continue »WPSU, a Penn State student and several recent graduates received a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Broadcasting Award for a series of stories they produced in 2023 as part of a collaborative project between WPSU and the News Lab at Penn State, housed in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.
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