Housing Security Task News Today

Penn State will once again join its Big Ten institutional partners for One Big Week, an event that challenges university communities to channel school pride into student support. From midnight on Wednesday, Aug. 31, through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, Penn State alumni and friends can participate by making a gift to the Tackle Student Hunger Fund, a resource that provides support to food pantries at every Penn State campus.

Damon Sims, vice president for Student Affairs, led a discussion on food and housing insecurity among Penn State students and efforts to help address these issues, during a meeting of the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life on May 5.

Notably, the proposal calls for the creation of a new university office to help students struggling with poverty.

Penn State is advancing a variety of new and ongoing initiatives to provide a range of food and housing security resources to students in need across the campuses.