Penn State OTR: Penn State Trading Cards Feature Faculty Members

Penn State Trading Cards Feature Faculty Members

Posted by ThadD 10/21/2008 3:27 PM
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The Penn State Alumni Association has financed the production of 3,000 sets of trading cards featuring several members of the Penn State faculty.

A committee chose the 10 faculty members for 2008 based on awards received, major discoveries and other criteria.

University president Graham Spanier came up with idea for the cards several years ago and the Alumni Association produced the first set in 2007. University Publications Editor and Director Jeff Hermann and staff designed the cards.

The cards will be-and have been-given out at the president's tailgate held before each home football game.

The cards, like cards belonging to various sports, feature a picture of the faculty member and several stats about that particular professor. For example, Prof Catherine Ross' card says she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003.

A spokesmen for the Alumni Association says it is a great way to highlight some of the outstanding faculty that reside at the university.

The cards have been featured in USA Today and by the Associated Press.

PHOTO: Members of the PSU faculty at the graduation ceremony this year

+ 3 comments

Brother Nazareth says,

Dibs on the Joe Paterno one. Posted 10/21/2008 4:27 PMReply

Anonymous says,

No fair I want that one Hector Posted 10/21/2008 5:18 PMReply

veblen says,

Gee it sure did take you a long time to get around to this story. And when you did all, all you did was summarize a press release.

I was all over this story weeks ago. The irony is that that idea of faculty trading cards originated in a couple of satires of the corporate university.

So, as I've long said, Spanier is a joke.

http://thorsteinveblen.blogspot.com/2008/10/penn-state-making-life-absurd.html Posted 10/21/2008 7:07 PMReply