In summer 2017, 14 Penn State students, faculty and alumni traveled to Montana to install a solar energy system on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Penn State's University Sustainability Council is drafting the University's first strategic plan for sustainability. The council is seeking public input for five-goal plan during the drafting process. The second goal of Penn State's Strategic Plan for Sustainability aims to educate students about sustainability. "Students are requesting more sustainability instruction, aware that employers are seeking to hire graduates who are knowledgeable about sustainability," said Rob Pangborn, vice president and dean for Undergraduate Education. "Penn State can play a unique role in addressing one of our society's most pressing issues by bringing faculty expertise and emerging research to the classroom, to produce graduates who also can lead in this effort."
Penn State's Center for Sustainability will host an open house and presentation by David Riley, associate professor of engineering, and Penn State students about the MorningStar Solar home and the sustainable American Indian Housing Initiative (AIHI) at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 5). The event will include an open house at the MorningStar Solar Home, located in front of the Centre County Visitors Center across from Beaver Stadium, starting at 6 p.m., followed by a presentation in the auditorium of the Visitors Center at 7 p.m.
