Chris Halbig, a systems administrator in the Penn State Office of Physical Plant, is set to earn his degree — with a 4.0 GPA — through the College of Information Sciences and Technology on Aug. 10. Halbig, who first enrolled at Penn State in 2002 before withdrawing, resumed his education in 2014 thanks to the encouragement of his manager at OPP.
Expected high temperatures and relative humidity could result in daily voluntary electric load curtailment scenarios at University Park starting Tuesday, July 16, and lasting through Friday, July 19. Voluntary curtailment actions would reduce Penn State’s peak load contribution to the regional electric grid by implementing a 3-degree temperature setback in noncritical spaces during a two-hour period.
The Penn State Office of Physical Plant will conduct a second round of elm tree spraying July 15-16 at University Park. The trees are sprayed each year in an effort to slow the spread of both Dutch elm disease and elm yellows, and to protect University Park's remaining iconic elms.
A broken tree limb has resulted in the temporary closure of a section of sidewalk in front of Old Main near the CATA bus stop at College Avenue and Allen Street.
Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant issued its annual drinking water quality report June 6, which found that the University’s water system successfully met every federal and state regulatory requirement in 2018. The Office of Physical Plant routinely monitors the University’s drinking water, and the full report can be viewed at https://opp.psu.edu/unit/potable-water.
The Penn State Office of Physical Plant will conduct its annual elm spray this weekend, May 18-19, at University Park. The trees are sprayed each year in an effort to slow the spread of both Dutch elm disease and elm yellows, and to protect the remaining iconic elms on campus.
Mark Miller, associate vice president for facilities management at the University of Nebraska and a retired U.S. Air Force officer, has been named the new assistant vice president for Physical Plant at Penn State, and will begin his appointment on June 17.
Beginning Thursday, April 25, through Friday, May 3, five classroom buildings at University Park — Boucke, Hammond, Osmond, Thomas and Willard — will be available on a 24/7 basis as a place for students to study for finals.
On Thursday, April 11, Penn State Mont Alto hosted a forum for faculty, staff and students from three campuses to discuss how the University's new utility-scale solar facility being constructed near the campus can serve as a teaching, research and outreach resource for Penn State and local communities.
After 29 years, and more revisions in his title than he can recall, Facility Manager Jerry Cresswell will retire from his position at Penn State Schuylkill.
For one Penn State doctoral student in architectural engineering, an introduction to the University's Office of Physical Plant (OPP) has turned into an opportunity to reshape the future of the campus itself. Yumna Kurdi is working with a team of people at OPP to try to evolve campus sustainability and green building policies for Penn State.
In an effort to protect the diversity of trees on the University Park campus, the Penn State Office of Physical Plant is asking students, faculty, staff and visitors to refrain from climbing trees or attaching slacklines or hammocks.
The Penn State Waste Stream Task Force invites members of the Penn State community to a community discussion on April 16, at which the task force will present a draft of its waste stream report and answer questions from the community. The report was made available online on April 10.
Penn State in 2009 established an Integrated Pest Management Committee, the members of which are tasked with monitoring, tracking and responding to pest problems ranging from ant infestations to groundhog invasions and everything in between.
An aerial lift will cause partial sidewalk closures at Old Main from March 4-7. The lift will provide access for crews completing preconstruction investigative work involving Old Main's bell tower.
