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State College Area High School now has an official student representative to State College Borough Council.
During its meeting on Monday, council unanimously approved adding a representative recommended by State High student government and appointed annually by council. The position joins two student representatives to council from Penn State’s University Park Undergraduate Association and Graduate and Professional Student Association.
State High junior Clarissa Theiss, who brought the proposal to Council President Jesse Barlow and Mayor Ron Filippelli last year, will serve as the high school’s first representative.
“I’m so excited not only to serve as a representative but to continue working to promote civic education at State College Area High School,” Theiss said.
The 15th Assembly of the University Park Undergraduate Association met virtually Wednesday night for its fourth spring semester meeting.
The meeting began with a special presentation from O. Richard Bundy, Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations.
The second presentation of the evening came from Nora Van Horn and Claire Kelling from the University Park Student Fee Board.
Van Horn and Kelling spoke about the possibility of implementing an environmental sustainability fee. The fee, which is only in the idea stage at the moment, is supposedly going to cover student-driven sustainability projects. The Student Fee Board will have more information on it in its own meetings.
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Following a tumultuous 2020 filled with the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustices culminating in nationwide protests, Penn Stateâs University Park Undergraduate Association saw the formation of two new executive departments â the Department of Health and Wellness and the Department of Rights and Equity.
Though these departments are new, the issues surrounding their formation are not. Previously, initiatives surrounding health and equity were covered under the UPUA Department of Sustainability.
Kelly Matuszewski, the executive director of the Department of Sustainability helped form these new departments. She said UPUA transferred some of her colleagues to form the two new executive departments.
â[The transfer of UPUA members] allowed the Department of Sustainability to focus more on environmental sustainability while allowing students to work on important projects within the Departments of Health and Wellness and Rights and Equity,â Matuszewski (junior-mat