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September 2010, Personnel Moves
Battista Named to Key Role in Penn State Programs
USCHO.com reports that Joe Battista, the longtime Penn State men’s club coach and school employee, will be the associate athletic director for ice arena operations and the director of the Ice Arena and Hockey Campaign.
Battista's role will include coordinating search committees for the men’s and women’s Division I coaches, administering those programs and consulting on the design of the new arena. He also will be in charge of the efforts to raise another $10 million to support the arena, and the programs and intramurals that will be housed in it.
Last Friday, the school announced it was forming varsity men’s and women’s programs and building a new hockey arena after an $88 million gift from alumnus Terry Pegula and his wife, Kim. To read more, click here.