State College Borough Council on Monday approved several upcoming temporary road closures, including a downtown street that will be closed for 18 days beginning next week.
South Burrowes Street between West Calder Way and West Beaver Avenue will be closed from 7 a.m. Monday, July 19, through 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6, while contractor Leonard S. Fiore replaces bus stops and pavement. The work is related to construction of Penn State’s James Building replacement, which is expected to be completed this fall.
The road will be closed to pedestrians and vehicles during the work.
In a separate matter, council voted down a proposal that would have closed a portion of Hetzel Street for two years during the construction of a new 12-story apartment building along Hetzel Street, East Calder Way and East College Avenue
End-of-year review process for full-time staff begins Monday, May 17
May 14, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. For Penn State full-time staff employees, the final step of the 2020-21 performance review cycle, the end-of-year review, begins Monday, May 17, and must be completed by Wednesday, June 30.
“While it has been a challenging year, it has also proven to be a very productive year with significant opportunity for all of us to innovate and try new approaches while continuing to deliver excellent service to our students, customers and community, said Christy Helms, senior director of talent management for Penn State Human Resources. We hope that as part of this end-of-year review activity, staff and managers will take time to reflect on accomplishments and celebrate successes. The next performance review cycle will open in July 2021 and run through March 31, 2022, so this is also a great time to look ahead and discuss goals for the coming year.
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“I kept putting it off until finally my husband Daniel and I were in a financial situation where we knew we couldn’t make the money we needed to provide for our family,” said Laughner, a student in the School of Labor and Employment Relations in the College of the Liberal Arts. “I was nervous about how I would do in school, but this was the time to start.”
Laughner, of North East, Pennsylvania, needn’t have worried she has been named the 2021 Outstanding Senior Award recipient from the School of LER. This award is given annually to a senior who has compiled an outstanding record in both academics and engagement in student activities.
For Penn State students, eating at the dining halls or the HUB-Robeson Center is second nature. Students can either order their food to-go or they wait in line buffet style â both of which use takeout containers as a means of packaging the food.
Although using one takeout container per day doesnât seem like much, when thousands of students order food online and wait in dining hall lines, it adds up.
Ultimately, many Penn State students said the coronavirus has impacted Penn Stateâs sustainability efforts.
Grace Sibley said food waste and plastic waste is a âbig concernâ on campus right now.
For Penn State professor Jadrian Wooten, the popular TV show âParks and Recreationâ is more than a funny show â itâs a tool he uses to educate students.
Wooten, an associate teaching professor of economics, uses popular culture and TV references in his classes to teach his students, which has in turn inspired some to pursue economics.
He said âParks and Recreation,â his favorite TV show, was ending while he began teaching, but he started to pull clips from the show and include them in his lessons, which are included in his new book.
Wootenâs book, âParks and Recreation and Economics,â is a part of a series of books from the Routledge Economics and Popular Culture Series. The series is aimed at educating readers on economics through popular culture references. Other books in the series relate to popular culture topics such as Broadway, superheroes, âSeinfeldâ and war movies.