Following an increased number of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 after George Floyd’s death and other instances of racial injustice, Penn State community members disclosed wide-ranging opinions about critical
While he was a Penn State student, 2021 psychology graduate Timothy Benally created a community for Native American students at the University, the Indigenous Peoples Student Association.
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The PERC Campus Sustainability Champion title is awarded annually to students, faculty, administrators and staff of Pennsylvania colleges and universities who have made meaningful contributions benefiting social, economic and/or environmental sustainability on their campus, in their community or in society at large.
As the first administrator to lead sustainability efforts within the College of Arts and Architecture, Kang organized a group of faculty, staff and students from around the college to form the Sustainability Council, which will develop action steps that advance the college’s priorities and the University’s sustainability vision and mission. She also organized the virtual Sustainability Research Symposium in October 2020 to highlight, connect and amplify the college s sustainability research to foster collaboration with the Penn State Sustainability research community and beyond. Additionally, she developed the Sustainability Research Team Grant progr
State College has a new mayor.
Former Councilman Ronald Filippelli was appointed interim mayor by a 6-1 vote of borough council on Monday night.
Filippelli, who was one of
11 remaining eligible applicants for the position, will be formally sworn in by Centre County President Judge Pamela Ruest at noon on Tuesday in council chambers of the Municipal Building. He will serve the final two years of Don Hahn’s term as mayor, ending in January 2022.
Filippelli has said he will not run for mayor in the 2021 election.
A professor emeritus of labor studies at Penn State and associate dean emeritus of its College of the Liberal Arts, Filippelli served two terms on borough council from 2007 to 2015. He was council president for two years and chaired the Centre Region Council of Governments for one year.