State College
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Penn State freshman Gavin McKenna, 18, was arraigned Wednesday and released on $20,000 unsecured bail, according to the State College Police Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
He enrolled at Central State College in Edmond, Okla., now University of Central Oklahoma, to study commercial illustration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Cannon was born in New York City and raised in Reno, Nev., where he attended the University of Nevada in Reno and later San Francisco State College.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2025
Other co-authors include Jiangang Liao, professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, and Camille Moeckel, a fourth-year medical student and research associate at Penn State College of Medicine.
From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025
Jill Campbell, of State College Area High School, says she had been impressed by the Truman cast’s adeptness at listening to one another.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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