The nursing program at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus began the spring semester with an educational escape room, a popular exercise first introduced last year.
As part of our regular "We Are!" feature, we recognize seven Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. Thank you Pam Knowlton, Laura Adams, Lynnicia Massenburg, Cecil Shelton, Wendy Hanna-Rose, Annie Liu and Michelle Henrish!
As part of the University’s comprehensive testing strategy for the spring semester, all Penn State students must meet requirements for COVID-19 testing prior to their return or if they are already living in their campus community.
Penn State has developed a comprehensive spring 2021 COVID-19 testing strategy for all campuses that includes both required and voluntary testing during the remote learning period and the in-person portion of the spring semester.
Staff and faculty who worked at the University at the height of the Civil Rights movement and students who were first-year students in 1968 — the year of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination — and graduated in 1972, will take part in a Zoom panel discussion on Jan. 15, during the virtual MLK Memorial Celebration.
In October, the campus offered “All Are Welcome Here,” an interactive event intended to build on the language and concepts introduced in last fall's Diversity Forum.
Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus has announced the winners of the Fall 2020 Learning Fair. The event was held virtually Dec. 8 to 11, featuring an online gallery of abstracts and digital posters, some of which included pre-recorded audio presentations.
The PSUAC Executive Committee voted unanimously to cancel all intercollegiate athletics competition for fall and winter team sports during the 2020-21 academic year. The sports affected by this decision include men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer, and volleyball, at Penn State Beaver, Brandywine, DuBois, Fayette, Hazleton, Greater Allegheny, Lehigh Valley, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Scranton, Schuylkill, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York.
Penn State has decided to delay the start of in-person classes and transition to a fully remote learning environment for the beginning of the spring 2021 semester at all campus locations. This decision was made following extensive analysis and scenario planning given worsening virus conditions nationally and across the state indicating predictions of rising hospitalization rates in the coming weeks.
Penn State has released updated COVID-19 dashboard results for the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 and weekend testing results from Dec. 4 to 6. The dashboard will continue to be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of the fall semester.
