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Penn State Closing Some Commonwealth Campuses As Enrollment Drops: Find Out Which Ones Penn State Closing Some Commonwealth Campuses As Enrollment Drops: Find Out Which Ones
Penn State Closing Some Commonwealth Campuses As Enrollment Drops: Find Out Which Ones Penn State University will close some of its Commonwealth Campuses as part of a major restructuring effort, citing declining enrollment and shifting demographics across Pennsylvania. Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi announced the decision in a letter on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The university's 19th president said the system can no longer sustain all of its Commonwealth schools, which operate as satellites of the main State College campus. A final recommendation on which campuses will close is expected by the end of the spring semester. "We must acknowledge the realities before us,"…

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by Chris Spiker
Schools
Private Eastern PA College Cutting Jobs Amid Enrollment Decline Private Eastern PA College Cutting Jobs Amid Enrollment Decline
Private Eastern PA College Cutting Jobs Amid Enrollment Decline Franklin & Marshall College is expected to lay off some employees as part of a broader financial restructuring, officials said. The Lancaster college is planning for the layoffs in April, a spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Voice on Thursday, Feb. 13. The school hasn't said how many employees will lose their jobs or what departments will be impacted. The job cuts come as F&M, with 1,867 undergraduates in the 2024-25 academic year, has seen a drop in enrollment over the last decade. The college founded in 1787 had about 2,200 undergrads in the mid-2010s, according to Data…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
Trump Names PA GOP National Committeewoman Christine Toretti US Ambassador To Sweden Trump Names PA GOP National Committeewoman Christine Toretti US Ambassador To Sweden
Trump Names PA GOP National Committeewoman Christine Toretti US Ambassador To Sweden Christine Jack Toretti, Pennsylvania’s Republican National Committeewoman and a trailblazing business leader, has been named the next United States Ambassador to Sweden, former President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Toretti has served as Pennsylvania’s National Committeewoman to the Republican National Committee since 1997, playing a key role in shaping GOP strategies, fundraising efforts, and promoting women’s leadership. She is the founder of the Anne B. Anstine and Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series, programs designed to train and empower Republican wome…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
UPenn PhD Candidate, Lawyer, Dad Found Dead In PA State Game Lands UPenn PhD Candidate, Lawyer, Dad Found Dead In PA State Game Lands
UPenn PhD Candidate, Lawyer, Dad Found Dead In PA State Game Lands A UPenn PhD candidate and accomplished lawyer who once served as an assistant dean at Rutgers University was found dead in Pennsylvania State Game Lands, the Lancaster County Coroner's office and his family announced on Monday, Sept. 23.  UPDATE: Grieving Family Of Attorney Bill Zee Dead By Suicide Raises Staggering Amount Of Money William "Bill" J. Zee, 50, on Front Street in Lititz was found dead in the PA Game Land located near US 322 and Pumping Station Road in Elizabeth Township, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:38 …

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Gettysburg College Staff 'Flattened' In Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities Gettysburg College Staff 'Flattened' In Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities
Gettysburg College Staff 'Flattened' In Tractor-Trailer Crash: Authorities A 35-year-old adjunct professor, college staff member, and Ph.D. student has been identified as the victim of a fatal tractor-trailer crash on Friday, according to the Adams County Coroner's office. Sara Gifford most recently of Dillsburg, died at the scene of the crash in the northbound lanes of Route 15 at the intersection with Bonners Hill Road in Latimore Township, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice.  The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Dec. 22, according to PennDOT.  A Life Lion helicopter was initially called to the scene and later the coroner's office was called. It…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
SFU Linebackers Raped Virgin In PA Basement, Police Say SFU Linebackers Raped Virgin In PA Basement, Police Say
SFU Linebackers Raped Virgin In PA Basement, Police Say Two 20-year-old football players from St. Francis University sexually assaulted and raped a woman who had never had sex before in a Pennsylvania basement, authorities detail in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Marcel Mami, of Fredrick, MD, and Daunte White, of Wharton, NJ, have been arrested following a nearly six-month-long investigation on Tuesday, January 24, Loretto Borough police say. The unnamed Cambria County woman came forward during the summer following the assault during a house party in the borough on February 4, 2022, according to the affidavit of probable cause. The men…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Settlement Provides $1.85 Billion In Nationwide Relief To Students Who Got Loans From Navient Settlement Provides $1.85 Billion In Nationwide Relief To Students Who Got Loans From Navient
Settlement Provides $1.85 Billion In Nationwide Relief To Students Who Got Loans From Navient One of the nation’s largest student loan servicers has agreed to relieve $1.85 billion in loan debt to help settle a blockbuster lawsuit filed by 38 states and the District of Columbia, authorities announced Thursday. Under the terms of the settlement, Navient Corp and its subsidiary Navient Solutions LLC will make restitution payments of roughly $260 each to 350,000 borrowers, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It will also cancel more than $1.7 billion in subprime private student loans owed by 66,000 or so borrowers nationwide, he said. The settlement includes appro…

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by Jerry DeMarco