As part of Penn State's COVID-19 mitigation plans, COVID-19 tests will be required for all students moving into on-campus residential housing who have not shared with the University that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provided a positive COVID-19 test result from the last 90 days prior to arrival.
Recognized student organizations may return to holding in-person activities, including meetings, tabling, and other events for the fall semester. Students are expected to follow all current masking requirements on their campus during these activities.
Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 conditions around the country and in Pennsylvania, effective immediately (Aug. 4), Penn State will require all students, faculty, staff and visitors — including those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear masks indoors at all campuses. Within the last 24 hours, many counties that are home to Penn State campuses have shifted to “orange” status, warranting an immediate adjustment to the University’s on-campus masking requirement.
A member of the Penn State Mont Alto Advisory Board recently brought her work for racial justice to the global stage when she was interviewed for an ABC special about Juneteenth.
Four third-year Penn State Mont Alto nursing students from their nursing research class were awarded for their research posters and projects at the 2021 Virtual Academic Festival on April 16, 2021. Of the four who received the awards, two received first place, one received second place, and one received an information literacy award.
A lifelong love of agriculture and an affinity for technology proved to be a fertile combination for Jake Marshall Grim, the first Penn State Mont Alto student to win the annual Mont Alto LaunchBox LION Tank competition.
