Student government presented a proposal to replace Styrofoam dishes with glass and porcelain cups and bowls at Penn State Hazleton for the CCSG Sustainability Summit, held on March 21.
Campus representatives prepared proposals for sustainable projects that could be carried out with $500 or less in funds as part of a competition held during the CCSG Sustainability Summit. The Penn State Altoona campus student government received an award to improve signage and markers for a walking/hiking trail through the campus' Seminar Forest.
On March 21, more than 120 student government representatives from 19 Penn State campuses virtually attended the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments’ first sustainability summit, featuring a poster expo of students showcasing their campus’ sustainability efforts, and a presentation on students’ potential impact on climate change by Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences.
The Graduate School at Penn State is implementing an optional alternative grading system for the spring 2020 semester to mitigate the impacts to graduate students’ GPAs and academic transcripts due to unprecedented extenuating circumstances posed by the novel coronavirus public health crisis.
Penn State is implementing a new opt-in grading system for the spring 2020 semester that will give students flexibility, help preserve GPAs and minimize impacts to students’ transcripts during the academic challenges presented by the novel coronavirus public health crisis.
Penn State Mont Alto Chancellor Francis K. Achampong recently was the featured speaker at the Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards breakfast at the Chambersburg Country Club.
