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Suzie and Allen Martin’s gift will amplify the impact of their existing philanthropic commitments
Suzie and Allen Martin at Banff National Park in 2019. The Martins recently moved forward with a gift to early activate a professorship in Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, which will strengthen and accelerate research related to the U.S. National Park System. Image: Courtesy of Suzie Martin
Newly activated professorship will accelerate research at U.S. national parks
Tom Joudrey
March 23, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Three years ago Suzie and Allen Martin made an estate commitment to establish the first-ever endowed professorship in Penn State’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (RPTM). The bequest ensured that, upon their deaths, resources from their estate would become available that would benefit research, teaching and public service associated with the U.S. National Park System.
New multinational project will support hospitality, sustainable tourism, and land and fisheries management
The town of Ilulissat in western Greenland
Image: Nathan Reigner
Building sustainability and hospitality in Greenland
December 02, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Penn State has joined a new education partnership between organizations and universities in Greenland and the U.S. will work to build vocational education programs that support sustainable tourism, hospitality, and land and fisheries management in the Arctic nation.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Greenland Climate Research Centre at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (Pinngortitaleriffik) will lead the effort, called the Arctic Education Alliance. Other partners include Penn State, the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik), the University of Southern Maine, and Victoria Qutuuq Buschman, the partnership’s Indigenous knowledge and conservation adviser. The U.S. Department of State will prov