Penn State President Eric J. Barron has been named chairman of the Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity for the Association of Public Land-grant Universities.
Penn State President Eric Barron shared a message of diversity and inclusion with the Penn State community and offered his support to the faculty, staff and students at the University of Virginia following events in Charlottesville this past weekend.
Penn State is moving toward a University-wide health insurance requirement for the 2018-19 academic school year. In preparation for the new requirement, University Health Services (UHS) will begin collecting student health insurance information in May 2017.
In light of the recent change in federal policy on the rights of transgender students to use facilities corresponding with their gender identity, Penn State reaffirmed its commitment to nondiscrimination today (March 1). The University’s long-standing policies protecting the rights of individuals and prohibiting gender-based discrimination have not changed.
Penn State has officially launched Let's Grow State, a new crowdfunding platform for fundraising projects across the University. The platform, managed by the Office of Annual Giving in the Division of Development and Alumni Relations, is designed for individuals or groups of Penn Staters to promote and raise money for the ideas, projects, and causes that are important to them.
The Penn State Office for General Education is pleased to announce an opportunity for faculty interested in developing a new Integrative Studies General Education course.
Vernon Dale Jones, vice president for strategy, administration and board affairs at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, has been named chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Jones, whose appointment is effective Jan. 16, succeeds Charles Davis, who is retiring after leading the Wilkes-Barre campus since March 2006.
