Gift supports visual design partnership in Pattee Library Collaboration Commons
Penn State graphic design students Makenna Seidel and Peyton Harris observe as a seated interview subject completes responses to their questionnaire. Behind them, Arts and Architecture Librarian Henry Pisciotta views content on an eight-panel digital screen. Peer subjects’ responses will inform how design students approach future installations of art and design work on the digital screen in Pattee Library’s ground floor Collaboration Commons.
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Gift supports visual design partnership in Pattee Library Collaboration Commons
May 05, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State University Libraries’ new Michael and Cynthia Evanisko Collaboration Grant is funding a three-year partnership with the College of Arts and Architecture’s Department of Graphic Design to feature student artwork in a prominent public place. Through art, the Evaniskos hope to
Students use The Lion s Pantry as a prototype to help fight hunger nationwide
The Lion s Pantry is located on the University Park campus on the Campus Shuttle route, behind the Park Avenue intramural fields near the Lion Surplus store.
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Students use The Lion s Pantry as a prototype to help fight hunger nationwide
April 27, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For some students on the Penn State University Park campus, hunger is a primary concern each day. The Lion’s Pantry was created to address this concern by providing food and supplies to students so they can shift their attention from food insecurity to being a student. This semester, two teams of students brought together by the Nittany AI Challenge are taking that strategy a bit further to include a plan to balance nutritional needs of students while eliminating food waste in the community. They are making this vision a reality by combining their efforts with The Lion’s Pantry to design prototypes that can a
For the first time in two years, Penn State will recognize spring graduates through a number of in-person commencement ceremonies this weekend.
Starting on Friday, May 7, the university will hand out more than 14,000 diplomas to Penn State seniors throughout all its campuses. Soon-to-be-graduates and up to two guests each can
head to Beaver Stadium for in-person (albeit socially distanced) ceremonies that are scheduled rain or shine.
Here’s a brief breakdown of
University-Wide Virtual Ceremony
Not feeling up to head to Beaver Stadium? No problem. Penn State will stream a university-wide commencement celebration viewable for any and all folks at home
New UPUA president talks about her role advocating for students
Erin Boas (junior, international politics and economics), was recently elected president of the University Park Undergraduate Association.
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New UPUA president talks about her role advocating for students
Katie Moats
May 04, 2021
Erin Boas, a junior in international politics and economics, felt a range of emotions after being elected University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) president in March.
“It was very humbling,” Boas said. “You get into these areas of learning about student needs. [With] the whole process of campaigning and trying to reach out to different students and trying to find different student needs, you gain a lot of responsibility and you feel that responsibility.”
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“It’s like we’re laying out a welcome mat,” said Rodriguez, a sophomore who co-led the initiative while serving as the student government’s Justice and Equity Committee chair and College of the Liberal Arts representative. “The banners will be a physical representation of our University values to create a welcoming and inclusive community for all, and to promote the idea that Penn State is a family and a home for every student.”
What started a few years ago as a “You Are Welcome Here” banner initiative by UPUA in collaboration with the Borough of State College to welcome international students to campus and community has now expanded to offer a broader message of belonging and support for those from historically underrepresented and marginalized groups, according to Lexy Pathickal, immediate past vice president of UPUA and Penn State senior, who collaborated with Rodriguez on the project.