The PennState Newswire is a great way to keep up to date on what is going on at PSU. You can sign up for the various listservs on this site and the news summaries will be delivered straight to your email (you can also set up your cell number to receive emergency text messages at that site as well). Or, if you have an iPhone you can download the free PSU Live app.
Two stories from this morning’s newswire deserves to be shared here as well (but do visit their site for many more stories).
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1. Tuition bills to be credited as students await PHEAA grant money
Students who expected to receive a Pennsylvania state grant administered through the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) will have their Penn State fall semester tuition bills credited for the estimated grant amount. PHEAA normally issues grants in August, but is dependent on an authorized state appropriation to do so. With no comprehensive state budget to date and the fall semester rapidly approaching, it seems less and less likely that those funds will be available for the start of the academic year.
Read the full story on Live: http://live.psu.edu/story/40942/nw5
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2. Penn State plans for flu season, asks for community cooperation
The H1N1 virus (previously called swine flu) has taken a backseat to other news lately, but public health officials expect it to re-emerge this fall, creating a number of challenges for institutions like Penn State. To take a proactive approach to the expected flu outbreak, University officials are ramping up communications efforts to provide guidelines to students, faculty and staff who may be affected in some way by the H1N1 virus, either contracting the illness themselves, caring for family members who may be ill, or avoiding the flu altogether. Minimizing the spread of this highly contagious disease is a significant concern for health officials. The guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for anyone contracting the H1N1 virus require self-isolation — that means not attending classes, not coming to work and not gathering in public spaces or for group activities.
Read the full story on Live: http://live.psu.edu/story/40827/nw5
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