UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Marketing and branding professionals told their stories and stressed three major lessons to Penn State Smeal College of Business students at Penn State Prime’s ninth annual “Forging a Career in Branding Panel,” held recently on Zoom.
Penn State Prime is a student-run marketing organization that works hands-on with industry professionals throughout their time at Penn State. For the last nine years, it has hosted the “Forging a Career in Branding” panel. It invites Penn Stat...

STATE COLLEGE — Centre County United Way will hold a fundraiser involving rappelling down the side of Beaver Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 8. CCUW has partnered with Over the Edge, to give people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and raise money for the community. 
United Way is an organization that works directly with organizations that help people, like the American Red Cross, Centre Safe, State College Food Bank and more. 
“We focus on what we consider the building blocks for a healthy successful l...

CENTRE COUNTY — Election Day is just one month away. Understanding different deadlines is important to ensure you are all set to vote. 
REGISTERING TO VOTE 
To be able to vote in Centre County, you must first register to vote. This can be done at pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx. There, you will need to input personal information to confirm your identity.
The deadline to register to vote is Monday, Oct. 21. To check the status of your registration, visit pavoterserv...

STATE COLLEGE — On Saturday, Oct. 12, Pop Up Ave will return to downtown State College on South Fraser Street between College and Beaver Avenues. The New York City inspired flea market has over 25 vendors and food. 
Brad Groznik and his wife Andrea co-founded Pop Up Ave. The Penn State Alumni previously lived in New York and wanted to create a New York style flea market scene for people in State College. 
“State College didn’t really have anything exactly like that. They have Arts Fest, which is...

STATE COLLEGE — With fall starting in Centre County, celebrating the season is easy with all the fall festivals taking place over the next few months. One of which is University Wine Company’s Harvest and Wine Festival, which will take place on Sunday, Sept. 22. 
The Harvest and Wine Festival will run from noon to 5 p.m. at University Wine Company, 540 Misty Hill Drive. Parking for the event is free. The festival will have wine, different food, craft vendors and live music. 
“The harvest season...

STATE COLLEGE — State College resident Jason Lenox will debut the fifth issue of a comic book he co-created with Dennis Fallon and Jason Palmatier on Saturday, Sept. 14. The debut of the newest issue will take place at Comic Cove in downtown State College. 
Lenox has been creating and publishing comic books for 12 years, using crowdfunding to create his stories. 
“Lord of the Cosmos” was described by Lenox as “a 1980s toy and cartoon inspired anthology comic book that takes place on a fantastic...