announcedTuesday that changes to parking regulations and transit services will remain in effect through early February.
These adjustments come following the university’s announcement that the spring semester will begin remotely on January 19 with in-person learning resuming on February 15.
The Penn State Transportation Services Office is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Parking Regulations
Students who have permits for East, HUB, and Nittany Decks must scan their permit’s barcode at entrance and exit lane machines. Permit holders shouldn’t take a ticket.
Faculty and staff won’t have access to parking areas with a Commuter or Evening/Weekend permit. They can visit the Transportation Services Office to purchase an upgrade permit for $27 per month for Commuter permit holders and $31 per month for Evening/Weekend permit holders. The upgrade permit will be valid for East, Eisenhower, or Nittany Deck, depending on which location is selected.
To say it’s been a whirlwind of a year for Dear Old State would be an understatement at best.
What began as a promising (and normal!) year was soon derailed by the coronavirus pandemic and its countless effects. Months later, Penn Staters returned to campus to embark on what was certainly one of the strangest semesters to date.
As bad as 2020 might’ve been for some, we’ve finally reached its end. Before the ball drops at midnight and we step into whatever 2021 might bring, let’s briefly look back on Penn State’s busy 2020.
January
The first month of the year got off to a fast start when several Penn State football coaches, including wide receivers coach
If youâre like me, youâre an on-campus residential student who received an email from Penn State President Eric Barron Friday that announced a remote start to the spring semester on Jan. 19, subsequently delaying in-person classes and on-campus move-in until Feb 15.
While I see where the university was coming from and wholeheartedly agree with mitigating the spread of the coronavirus, in-person classes and on-campus living arenât the main cause of the rise of positive coronavirus cases.
Throughout the fall semester, the State College community as a whole ignored the real problem â a large portion of students attended parties off campus as if it were a normal semester at Penn State.
Six employees also tested positive, according to the update.
Now that instruction is fully remote for the remainder of the semester, administered tests have fallen sharply. All university-wide random surveillance testing is suspended until January, but on-demand testing
remains available for those who need it.
Still, some testing continued. Penn State completed 1,620 on-demand tests and 95 random tests for students between December 11 and 17, resulting in 57 total positives. More than 400 tests are awaiting results.
The university administered 198 on-demand tests and 39 random tests for employees during that span, resulting in nine total positives.
As you’d expect, Penn State’s Eastview Terrace quarantine and isolation spaces have freed up significantly. Currently, no students are in quarantine or isolation.
Penn State’s added positives brought its all-time student case count to 5,005.
Now that instruction is fully remote for the remainder of the semester, administered tests have fallen sharply. All university-wide random surveillance testing is suspended until January, but on-demand testing
remains available for those who need it.
Still, some testing continued. Penn State completed 405 on-demand tests and two random tests for students between December 11 and 13, resulting in 12 total positives. Five tests remain pending.
A large chunk of Tuesday’s reported positives came from tests that were previously awaiting results. About 200 tests were pending last Friday.
The university administered 71 on-demand tests and one random test for employees during that span, resulting in one total positive.