Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 conditions around the country and in Pennsylvania, effective immediately (Aug. 4), Penn State will require all students, faculty, staff and visitors — including those who are vaccinated and unvaccinated — to wear masks indoors at all campuses. Within the last 24 hours, many counties that are home to Penn State campuses have shifted to “orange” status, warranting an immediate adjustment to the University’s on-campus masking requirement.
Following latest CDC guidance, masks are now required indoors on the Penn State DuBois campus as Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, has reached substantial/high transmission levels.
The renovation and addition to the Physical Fitness, Athletics and Wellness (PAW) Center at Penn State DuBois has received final approval from the Board of Trustees, a $17.3 million project that will transform the current building into a state-of-the-art facility with a focus on athletics, health and recreation.
With his retirement effective July 1, Penn State DuBois Chancellor M. Scott McBride was recently recognized by the DuBois Educational Foundation (DEF). DEF board members presented McBride with a Nittany Lion statue in recognition and appreciation of his service.
Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education, in partnership with Penn State Berks, will offer an SAT preparatory course for high school students. Two sections of this course are offered at different times, allowing participants to choose the class that best fits their schedule.
Effective July 1, 2021, Pingjuan Werner, professor of engineering, will assume responsibilities as interim chancellor at Penn State DuBois. Werner fills the role vacated by Chancellor M. Scott McBride, who also retires effective July 1.
Training recommended by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will be offered through Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, this August. This 10-hour training is intended to help employees in many different industries maintain a healthy and safe work environment.
Penn State DuBois Continuing and Community Education will offer two courses at the North Central PA LaunchBox in August to help explore the ways Microsoft Excel can be used to manage business. Basic and Intermediate Excel courses are both available.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) has awarded seed grants to 22 groups of interdisciplinary researchers for the 2020-21 award cycle. This year, seed grants were awarded to proposals focusing on at least one of IEE’s five strategic research themes — Climate and Ecosystem Change, Health and the Environment, Integrated Energy Systems, Urban Systems, and Water and Biogeochemical Cycles.
Bud Jones of Symmco Inc. in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, will offer the program "Welcome to the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology" at 6 p.m. Monday, June 14, via Zoom. Jones is president of the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology representing the Metal Powder Industry Federation.
