Thursday, September 18, 2008
Original Article
The Four Diamonds Fund is celebrating September's designation as Childhood Cancer Awareness month by announcing the creation of a $5 million endowment for a Pediatric Cancer Experimental Therapeutics Program at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. The goal is to increase this endowment to $10 million during the next three to five years.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to share with you that our Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has been named among the nation’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
BY DAVID WENNER
Of The Patriot-News
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Construction on the midstate's only children's hospital is expected to begin at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in January, giving parents a local option instead of having to travel to Philadelphia or Baltimore.
The four-story, 72-bed facility, which officials hope to open by 2012, will replace the children's wing housed on the seventh floor of the main hospital.
By Heather Schmelzlen
Collegian Staff Writer
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Penn State has 6.6 million more reasons to smile after the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon raised a record-shattering total of $6,615,318.04.
This year's total eclipsed last year's record of $5,240,385.17 by $1,374,932.87.
The 17 members of the overall committee, dressed in matching blue track suits, stood on the diamond-shaped stage and each revealed a part of the total by raising posters.
By Heather Schmelzlen Email
Collegian Staff Writer
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The snow, sleet, rain and freezing temperatures were not enough to keep one group from making the 135-mile trip from the Hershey Medical Center to the Bryce Jordan Center -- on foot.
Sixteen runners and 10 supporters left the seventh floor of Hershey Medical Center around 6 p.m. last night as part of the second Thon Express. The group arrived at the BJC at about 7:45 p.m.
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The four-year-old Webcast of the annual Penn State Dance Marathon (THON), produced by students in the College of Communications, attracted thousands of online visitors to the event this past weekend--and helped spur online donations to the event.
The Webcast attracted some 12,000 unique connections during the 46-hour event from 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. Most of the visitors were alumni, students and family members of the dancers.
DMAIG and THON were mentioned in the February 27, 2008 publication of the Penn State Alumni Association's AlumnInsider. To view more articles, and sign up for the AlumnInsider, go to http://www.alumni.psu.edu/membership/join/default.htm.
DMAIG and THON were mentioned in the January 23, 2008 publication of the Penn State Alumni Association's AlumnInsider. To view more articles, and sign up for the AlumnInsider, go to http://www.alumni.psu.edu/membership/join/default.htm.
For many Penn State students, THON is considered to be the best experience that they had during their PSU years. Do not let that passion and dedication For The Kids to just become a memory because you graduated.
The THON Express is gearing up for its second year and is looking for THON alums to get involved. THON Express upholds the same Four Diamonds ideals and characteristics and is a way for you to continue to show your support for this cause that has changed the lives of so many.
THON Weekend is rapidly approaching! For more details on the fun and exciting events that the students have planned for alumni, please visit www.dmaig.org/thoninvite, or contact THON Weekend Coordinator Dave Brownstein at thonweekendevents@dmaig.org.
