PSU Parents Express Their Support for the Zoom-In and Vaccine Mandate The open letter calling on Penn State’s administration to implement a vaccine mandate and other COVID safety measures has received over 3,000 signatures, including 245 signatures from parents of current Penn State students. Many of these parents condemn the administration’s efforts to pit parents and students against … Continue reading PSU Parents Express Support
Student-Faculty Rally Aug 27
Please join us for a Student-Faculty Unity Rally on Friday, August 27, 2021 from 3 to 4pm, to support a Covid-19 vaccine mandate and other safety measures at Penn State. The rally will take place at Old Main at University Park and all supportive faculty, staff, students, and community members from across the Commonwealth are … Continue reading Student-Faculty Rally Aug 27
Letter from Faculty Senate Chair
Bonj Szczygiel, the Chair of Penn State's Faculty Senate, released a letter to the Penn State community this week expressing her frustration and dismay at the dismissal of both faculty and student concerns about Covid that were displayed by the administration and Board of Trustees following an Aug 13 Faculty Senate vote of no confidence … Continue reading Letter from Faculty Senate Chair
Faculty Zoom-In Protest
CALLING ALL PENN STATE FACULTY On Aug 23 & 24, hundreds of faculty will be participating in a Zoom-In to keep our Penn State community safe and pressure the administration to implement a vaccine mandate. We have asked for a vaccine mandate and other safety precautions through University Senate votes, student government votes, published op/eds, … Continue reading Faculty Zoom-In Protest
Fact-Checking President Barron
On August 12, Penn State President Eric Barron sent an open letter to the Penn State community that sought to both explain the university's COVID-19 policy and justify its decision not to implement a vaccine mandate, as over 700 other U.S. universities have done. Click here to read our detailed response: Fact-Checking President Barron's Open … Continue reading Fact-Checking President Barron