Members of the Penn State DuBois Veterans Club are seeking support for the creation and installation of a memorial on campus to honor all students, past, present and future, who serve or have served in the armed forces. The granite, keystone-shaped stone will feature the seals of all five branches of the U.S. military, as well as an inscription memorializing student veterans of the campus.
A total of $7,013 was raised for THON on Thursday evening at the Penn State DuBois THON Dancer Sendoff Dinner. A silent auction, and the main event, a hair auction, brought in these funds that top off the campus total to date of $22,567 raised towards THON's university wide effort for this year.
As this year's THON, slated for Feb. 16-18, quickly approaches, three dancers from Penn State DuBois are preparing to give their all at the nation's largest student-run philanthropic event. Alaina Shaffer of Clearfield, Brynn Morgan of Grampian, and Julia Test of Curwensville will represent DuBois as the official campus dancers during THON 2018. They have been challenged to stay on their feet for 46 hours during the dance marathon at the Bryce Jordan Center, alongside thousands of students from all Penn State locations.
A group of Penn State DuBois students spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day in service to others in the DuBois community. Austin Miller, Alex Davis, Duncan LaValle and Ryan Lingle all chose to spend the day on, not off, in the Penn State tradition of the MLK Day of Service, honoring King's own dedication to service of others.
Students participating in the 2018 MLK Day of Service helped to prepare for a community breakfast, and ran Bingo for area seniors. They are, left to right: Austin Miller, Duncan LaValle, Ryan Lingle, and Alex Davis.
Students from six Penn State campuses, including Penn State Behrend, participated in public service projects in Erie on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They repaired bicycles, ran bingo games and sorted clothes at a community shelter.
Shannon Josefoski, right, cleans a bicycle at the Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network in Erie. Josefoski, a student at Penn State New Kensington, was one of 50 students who participated in Erie service projects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Will Taylor, an Americorps VISTA intern at Penn State Behrend, and Ashlyn Kelly, a senior at the college, paint a hallway at the Lodge on Sass, a transitional housing shelter in Erie. A total of 50 Penn State students contributed to service projects in Erie on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
