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May is just around the corner, and hoping to start the month off with community engagement, the Downtown State College Improvement District is organizing the May Day Art & Garden Walk this weekend. The organization is teaming up with local businesses to showcase art and flowers from 5-8 p.m. Friday and from 12-5 p.m. Saturday throughout the streets and plazas of town. Lee Anne Jeffries, the executive director of Downtown State College Improvement District, said her goal is to bring more people downtown, which she said has been difficult to accomplish during the pandemic. After organizing a holiday art walk in December, Jeffries said the retail advisory committee proposed a similar event in the spring.
Here is a recap of some of the major news and events from the semester. Wellness days created Rather than flocking to beaches for spring break, students had three âwellness daysâ â Feb. 9, March 11 and April 7. No classes were held on these days, and students were encouraged to focus on different aspects of wellness. Palmer Museum reopened Students were able to visit the Palmer Museum once again beginning Feb. 10, which had been closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The on-campus space for art and culture is available for students to experience again, though advanced registration is required. First virtual THON held
What began as a âpipe dreamâ in 2018 for Robert Fulton was the winning idea for Penn Stateâs 2021 IdeaMakers Challenge. The winning team created Ãclaireur, which Fulton (sophomore-business) described as âa subscription database that helps dancers find training programs, auditions for those training programs and information on companies.â Ãclaireur is made of five members total, three of which are Penn State students. In addition to Fulton, who is the founder, are coders Sasha Ahrestani and Eugene Ryoo. Camille Kellems and Anna Peabody are both graduates from Indiana University and are professional dancers with the Nevada Ballet Theatre. Fulton said they manage the ballet portion of things, with one working social media while the other helps to gather data on ballet programs.