Michael Rubinkam
Amid fresh signs of sagging statewide demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, Pennsylvania officials on Wednesday encouraged hundreds of thousands of college students to get their shots before they go home for summer.
Gov. Tom Wolf appeared in State College with the president and head football coach at Penn State University with a cameo by a freshman tight end to pitch younger people on the benefits of getting inoculated against the coronavirus.
“Penn Staters can and must demonstrate the leadership to do your part and get vaccinated,” Penn State President Eric Barron said. “This is the most important effort of our lifetime, and I call on all Penn Staters to lead now.”
Football coach James Franklin said he’s hoping for a packed house when the Nittany Lions host Ball State in September made possible by Wolf s announcement earlier this week that he is doing away with pandemic restrictions that had teams playing in empty stadiums last year.
Penn State said it s working on a “variety of capacity scenarios” for Beaver Stadium, with the goal of opening fully.
“The more people who are vaccinated, the better chance we have to get back to 107,000 strong here in Beaver Stadium,” Franklin said. “We want our Ball State game on Sept. 11 to be our first family reunion in almost two years, and we want Beaver Stadium and all of Happy Valley rocking.”
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Spotlight PAMay 6, 2021
Daniel Greenstein, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, speaks at a press conference. (Commonwealth Media Services)
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Gov. Tom Wolf urged college students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before summer break.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Amid fresh signs of sagging statewide demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, Pennsylvania officials on Wednesday encouraged hundreds of thousands of college students to get their shots before they go home for summer.
Gov. Tom Wolf appeared in State College with the president and head football coach at Penn State University with a cameo by a freshman tight end to pitch younger people on the benefits of getting inoculated against the coronavirus.