OPINION…FROM WHERE I SIT: First-Time Voter, Forever American
This past week has been crazy, to say the least. We the people had to make a very important decision: voting for our president to serve the next four years. This year is my first…
COVID-19
OPINION…FROM WHERE I SIT: The Unusual Semester
What an unusual semester this is: living in the dorms, taking classes online and playing a sport…all during COVID-19. Being back in the dorms since the reopening of Penn State Greater Allegheny (PSUGA) is not what I was expecting. I…
PSUGA Responds to First COVID-19 Case
The Penn State Greater Allegheny (PSUGA) campus’ first confirmed case of COVID-19 has been reported. A student tested positive and was immediately moved to isolation housing off campus in Monaca, Beaver County. The case was…
OPINION…FROM WHERE I SIT: A Day to Recognize Every Day
Oct. 10 marked World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day was first recognized in 1992, initiated by The World Federation for Mental Health. This day is to bring awareness to rid the stigma of…
Dr. Jacqueline Edmondson – No Positive COVID-19 Cases for Greater Allegheny Campus
Editor’s Note: The following email was sent to all students of Penn State Greater Allegheny on Sept. 22, 2020 on behalf of Dr. Jacqueline Edmondson, Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer. Dear Students: Greater Allegheny’s section…
STATE OF THE CAMPUS: Welcome Back PSUGA!
Even during summer break, Penn State Greater Allegheny’s faculty and staff were hard at work preparing campus for the fall semester. In-person classes will resume for the first time since the University’s transition to remote…
COVID-19 Student Compact Requirement for Fall, 2020
Students checking their schedule in LionPath will find an additional element as part of their fall semester of classes. As part of a series of pre-arrival campus requirements, all undergraduate and graduate students at every…
PSU, Pitt, Temple Support of COVID-19 Safety Efforts; Health department issues new regulations to prevent virus spread
Penn State President, Eric J. Barron, this week, joined with the presidents of the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University to voice support for mask-wearing and mitigation efforts put in place by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom…
PSU Student Dies from COVID-19; Was UP student from Allentown, PA
University Park–Penn State has learned through family and friends that Juan Garcia, a 21-year-old College of Earth and Mineral Sciences student from Allentown, died June 30 of respiratory failure and COVID-19. His death is the…
OPINION…From Where I Sit: COVID-19 and The Death of George Floyd
As if death by law enforcement to the prejudice of unarmed African Americans, from Eric Garner to Antwon Rose, was not already a needless guilt for the nation, this hecatomb with the recent death of…