Tara is a PSU graduate in mechanical engineering who was interviewed by the HRAC about her experience as a houseless student. “I would talk to you about interning at NASA and winning first place in the engineering research expo,” she said. “But I would never tell you that I owned a used Subaru and I lived in a tent.”
As a new response to this problem, PSU has partnered with First United Methodist Church (FUMC) to create the PSU Landing at FUMC, a shelter for PSU students facing houselessness or extreme housing insecurity. While PSU refers students to the FUMC shelter, the Landing itself is solely run and operated by FUMC.