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Tom Sheehan (senior -bioengineering) talks to Christen Thomas (freshman-human devel
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By Paul McMullen
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
In record numbers. Penn State students
flocked to HUB-Alumni Hall on
Wednesday for the "Brighten Your
Fixture" Involvement Day, which show
cased Penn State service organizations.
"We have experienced almost double
the amount of students coming by looking
for opportunities." said Jennifer
Grossman Leopard, program director for
clubs and student organizations. "It
shows that this student class Wants to take
its part in the Penn State tradition of giv
ing back." Though there are clear benefits
to giving back to the community, the vol
unteers also gain valuable life experiences
through their volunteer work. Leopard
said.
- Participating in student groups in col
lege is vital to a student's success," she
said. "Since there is more to college than
class, involvement provides an opportuni
ty to use classroom lessons in the real
world."
Paige Cross (junior-nutrition and com
munity, environment and development) is
just one example of how participating in
volunteer work can develop into some
thing more.
Coming to Penn State, Cross had no
idea what direction she wanted to take
post-graduation. But after attending the
increased
involvement
involvement fair and talking to different
students at the booths, she said she found
a volunteer opportunity with Globe Med.
Globe Med is a group that teaches stu
dents about global inequalities and how
students can help to change them. It was
through this experience that she discov
ered what she wanted to do for the rest of
her life, Cross said.
"Going to an involvement fair and sign
ing up for a group gets you connected to
something bigger than yourself," Cross
said. "Participating in a group gives you a
sense of fulfillment that nothing else can."
Students looking to volunteer through
out the year can attend the last day of the
service fair today or go online at
volunteer.psu.edu.
On the website, students are able to
search Penn State's service organizations
and their upcoming programs.
"Participating in student groups shows
you what is out there," Rolanzo White
(junior-film and video) said. "Penn State is
a big school that likes to give back to the
community"
Fbrmerly held in just Heritage Hall, the
involvement fair is also being held in
Alumni Hall because it is a larger space
able to accommodate the increased
amount of student groups seeking involve
ment, Leopard said.
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University receives
largest grant ever
Penn State has received the largest
grant in its history to conduct research to
try to make buildings more energy-efficient
$129 million in total.
The Department of Energy (DOE) gave
$122 million to build an energy innovation
hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Penn
State Vice President for Research Henry
C. "Hank" Fbley said.
The money will help build the Greater
Philadelphia Energy Cluster, a massive
"innovation hub" dedicated to making
"super low-emission buildings," Foley said.
"This is almost like NASA seeking to get
to the moon in the 19605," he said.
The project was U.S. Secretary of
Energy Steven Chu's idea.
"No one has ever had the daring to do
what Secretary Chu has done, which is to
build these hubs and focus national atten
tion on these particular issues," Fbley said.
Penn State is working with other aca
demic institutions the University of
Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon and
Princeton, among others but is recog
nized as the project leader.
"We had the concept and, frankly, the No.
1 architectural engineering program in the
country, probably the world," Fbley said.
The Department of Commerce, the
National Institute of Science and
Technology and the Federal Small
Business Administration also gave $7 mil
lion to the project, Fbley said.
"They're giving us $7 million to make
sure we are working hard
to train a new workforce
for the 21st century in
[energy innovation],"
Fbley said.
Foley said Penn State is
forming partnerships with
sponsors that will develop
so that funding will contin
ue as the project progress
es
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
Rendell has already allo
cated $3O million to the
project, he said.
The DOE is also funding
two other innovation hubs,
which Foley said are about
the same size in terms of
money given to them by
the DOE: a nuclear energy
hub in Thnnessee and a
solar power hub in
California.
While the project hopes
to improve sustainability
on a 'national level, Penn
State is still trying to
improve it on a local one.
"We are trying to run
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"We had the concept and,
frankly, the No. 1
architectural engineering
program in the country,
probably the world."
Henry C. "Hank" Foley
Penn State Vice President for Research
the university in a wise manner that will
minimize our pollution, our use of natural
resources and reduce our costs," Office of
Physical Plant (OPP) spokesman Paul
Ruskin said.
One effort includes constructing
Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) green buildings, Ruskin
said. The Forestry Building, University
Health Services, Medlar Field at Lubrano
Park, the addition to Rec Hall and the
School of Landscape Architecture are all
LEED-approved buildings.
Some of the factors LEED certification
assesses are the distance the building's
material was shipped, whether mail is
delivered in an alternative energy vehicle
and the number of boxes used to ship the
building's furniture, Ruskin said.
Penn State is also installing new gas
powered turbines to help heat the east part
of campus, Ruskin said. These turbines will
burn compressed natural gas a clean
source of energy, he said.
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