Penn State Mont Alto’s commemoration of Black History Month will continue with two additional speakers in its Black Resilience series. On Monday, Feb. 20, Lance Walker from Chambersburg Area School Board will address students, faculty and staff; and Tracie Potts from the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College will lead the Monday, Feb. 27, discussion.
From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The unifying theme for this year’s observances is “Nuestra Música (Our Music): Identity, Culture and Resistance."
The "Race, Equity, and Action" program series at Penn State Mont Alto has helped to open doors of communication about difficult subjects such as how skin color can affect the way people are treated.
Nicholas Jones, director and senior adviser of race and ethnic research and outreach in the bureau’s population division, will speak via Zoom from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Feb. 2, to audiences in the General Studies Auditorium at Penn State Mont Alto and online.
The fall 2021 Race, Equity, and Action series at Mont Alto will feature a campus visit from the Penn State Laureate and a traveling exhibit focused on multiracial families.
Powerlifter Jake Schrom, a 2011 Penn State alumnus who attended Penn State Mont Alto and the University Park campus, bench pressed 480 pounds during the 2020 games in Tokyo, placing him in the top six and marking a personal best.
A member of the Penn State Mont Alto Advisory Board recently brought her work for racial justice to the global stage when she was interviewed for an ABC special about Juneteenth.
Mont Alto's spring 2021 Race, Equity, and Action series programming will conclude with a discussion about race and racism with New York Times bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo.
The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, in collaboration with partners around Penn State, will be celebrating Pride Month throughout April with a variety of programming for the University community.
Research by Penn State Mont Alto professor Barrett Scroggs suggests that COVID-19 mitigation practices such as social distancing disproportionately affected young adults who identify as LGBTQ+.
