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Take Charge Tip of the Month: Reduce your shower time

If every on-campus student at University Park reduced his or her time in the shower by just five minutes, Penn State would save 100,000 gallons of water each school year. That is enough to fill five swimming pools and lower the University's carbon footprint by 18,980 pounds every year.

Grants available for rural small businesses to reduce energy costs

Time is running out for businesses in rural Pennsylvania to benefit from a special grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Rural Energy for America Program designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy costs and consumption and help meet the nation's critical energy needs through the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP).
Fundraising cycling trip for THON

Fundraising cycling trip for THON

Tyler Knabb of Reading prepares for his 920-mile, eight-day cycling trip to raise funds for the 2014 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon. He will start his quest Oct. 22, traveling in a heart-shaped route through Pennsylvania that will take him to 11 Penn State campuses.

Andrew Ungarino-Vetsupportstory-001

Andrew Ungarino-Vetsupportstory-001

As a member of Bugles Across America, Andrew Ungarino, right, volunteers to play taps at veterans' funerals. In 2013, Ungarino received an award for his solo performance of taps during the annual Veterans Day parade in Pittsburgh, Pa.