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Did You Know: 18.7 million watched Penn State in the Orange Bowl
Friday, January 6, 2006
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Did you know… Penn State’s triple overtime, 26-23 victory over the Florida State Seminoles in the Orange Bowl was the most-watched television program in America on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen Media Research? The contest drew an estimated 18.7 million viewers. Penn State is no stranger to large national viewing audiences, either. According to Fiesta Bowl records, the Nittany Lions’ win over Miami in the Jan. 2, 1987 Fiesta Bowl — which gave Penn State its second national title — was watched by more than 52 million people, remaining to this day the most-watched college football game in history. By comparison, 34 million watched this year’s national title game between Texas and USC.

http://live.psu.edu/story/15325

Penn State Great Valley earns top business school accreditation
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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Malvern, Pa. — Penn State Great Valley’s master’s degree programs in business administration and leadership recently earned accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), effective Dec. 19. Founded in 1916, AACSB is the premier accrediting organization for educational programs in business administration. Only 15 percent of business schools worldwide — including four campuses at Penn State — have achieved this level of excellence.

To become accredited, business programs must meet a wide range of quality standards relating to strategic management of resources, interactions of faculty and students in the educational process, and achievement of learning goals in degree programs. During the multi-year process, Penn State Great Valley was visited and evaluated by business school deans with detailed knowledge of management education, applying accreditation standards that are widely accepted in the educational community.

“Penn State Great Valley has been meeting the educational needs of working adults in Greater Philadelphia for four decades,” said Diane Disney, chancellor of the campus. “We are indeed gratified that the quality of that education has been officially recognized.”

Penn State will be holding an open house for prospective students on its Great Valley campus from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5.

http://live.psu.edu/story/15283