ALANA JAJKO ajajko@susquehannagreenway.org
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Members of the LHU ROTC and two local Boy Scout troops assisted with 2021 River Town Cleanup Week, which removed 200 pounds of trash from Triangle Park and the downtown area.
LOCK HAVEN Susquehanna Greenway River Towns across the region were alive with volunteers last week in celebration of Earth Day and the inaugural 2021 Susquehanna Greenway River Towns Cleanup.
Over the course of the week of April 18 25, 2021, six river towns organized events that attracted hundreds of volunteers and collectively removed thousands of pounds of trash from area parks, trails, and communities along the Susquehanna River.
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Laurel Morgan, a 2020 LHU graduate, fills out some paperwork.
LOCK HAVEN Laurel Morgan graduated from Lock Haven University in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in community and public health education. Following graduation, she became a volunteer with the National Health Corps in Pittsburgh and has served as an older adult coordinator in the Department of Injury Prevention at the Allegheny County Health Department. In her position, she has helped older adults access their COVID-19 vaccine and served at senior high-rise Point of Distribution (PODs) clinics.
“The first COVID-19 POD clinic I served at vaccinated more than 900 patients,” Morgan said. “While that experience was great, the senior high-rise pods are much more personal and I love the opportunities to meet the other volunteers, to practice teamwork and to grow as a leader.”
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Pennsylvanians own their state universities.
That university system is an important investment. By failing the universities, we fail ourselves. I will compare the university situation with an issue endemic to American corporations.
My own Lock Haven University is in special trouble.
Enrollment has declined more steeply than the population. The chancellor says we must lay off faculty and integrate with Mansfield and Bloomsburg universities.
The community is wary of a downward spiral.
Losing families who earn middle class wages is bad enough.
We will also teach more online.
This will affect dorm revenue, sports, bands, clubs and sidewalk life.
You will less likely meet people from big cities or from Russia and Africa. You will less likely meet your mate here.
In a move that may have far-reaching impact, Fairleigh Dickinson University named Robert Pignatello as the school’s first senior vice president for university operations Friday.
“This is a key appointment and one that will have a major impact on our future growth and development,” FDU President Chris Capuano said.
“The senior vice president for university operations will be responsible for many non-academic matters on the New Jersey campuses, including facilities, student affairs, athletics, student counseling and health services, and public safety, to name a few.”
Pignatello, who most recently served as senior adviser to the chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education for integration strategy, was hired after a national search. He will be a member of the senior leadership team and will report directly to the president.