Food and housing security task force shares progress updates for trustees
Lion’s Pantry, Student Emergency Fund, advocacy efforts and more are topics of presentation to the Board of Trustees
Penn State Brandywine sophomore Angel Asomugha works to fulfill food orders and helps track the campus food pantry’s inventory.
Image: Mike McDade
Food and housing security task force shares progress updates for trustees
May 06, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As many college students across the country are increasingly facing food and housing insecurity, Penn State is developing new solutions, enhancing current resources and building a network of support to help tackle this rising challenge across the University’s campuses.
Penn State students can celebrate Earth Week, April 19-23, with a swipe of their id+ card
The Nittany Lion swipes out hunger at the register in the dining commons.Image: Patrick Mansell
Penn State students can help Swipe Out Hunger during Earth Week
April 16, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. All Penn State residential campuses will host Swipe Out Hunger in conjunction with Earth Week 2021. During the week of April 19-23, students who have excess dining dollars left over on their meal plans can donate $5, $10, or $15 of their campus meal plan to the Student Emergency Fund any time they dine on campus.
The Student Emergency Fund is a program that provides short-term financial assistance to students experiencing crisis situations.
Written by Garrett Christensen
Another ASEOU election has come and gone, bringing both exciting new changes and eager new faces. Though it may take time for the new ASEOU administration to get settled and working, that doesn’t mean students shouldn’t be curious about what’s to come. In a brief email interview with The Voice, newly elected ASEOU president, Alexa Jamison, gave some insight into her immediate plans, as well as her current familiarity with the position and experience with campaigning.
To begin, Jamison stated that her time campaigning was “nerve racking and stressful,” citing COVID restrictions as causing difficulties with student outreach. However, as result of campaigning via social media, assistance in handing out business cards and attendance in candidate forums events, Jamison was able to overcome these outreach issues and gain a new sense of motivation in the process, stating, “my desire for the job as president grew the more I campaigned.”
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Recently, real estate developers Mark Stebbins of XSS Hotels and Jeff Johnstone of Cathartes got together to create Portsmouth Together 200 Challenge, according to a Press Release.
The purpose of the newly birthed organization is to try and help art/performance spaces and hunger relief organizations who have suffered throughout the pandemic. The two men are looking to provide what they are hoping is the last bridge to this Summer when things should get back to normal in approximately 100 days.
Their goal is to raise $100,000 from individuals and businesses throughout the Seacoast and beyond and they are prepared to match every dollar, up to $100,000. If they reach their goal, they will have raised $200,000 and both hope for more.