FAQs Archive - Page 9 of 19 - Penn State Sustainability

Q: 3) Does Penn State have a university Climate Action plan, shared with local government and/or local community groups?

Penn State does not have its own Climate Action Plan. Members of the University Park campus (main campus) were integral to developing the Centre Region Council of Governments Climate Action plan . Brandi Robinson, PSU Energy Sustainability and Policy advisor, and Peter Buckland, PSU Sustainability Academic Programs Manager, were instrumental in this process.

Q: 5) Does Penn State inform and support local or regional government in local climate change disaster/risk early warning and monitoring?

Yes, Penn State has a Program called the Local Climate Action Program (LCAP for short) designed for students to pair with a Pennsylvania municipality to monitor, assess, and develop opportunities to not only drawdown emissions produced by the municipality, but to also assess future risk from climate change. The University also informs local and regional government through interdisciplinary research on climate change.

Q: 3) Does Penn State take planned actions to recruit students/staff/faculty from under-represented groups?

Yes, the Penn State Office of Equal Opportunity and Access has a comprehensive Affirmative Action Plan that sets goals to increase the diversity of Penn State's faculty and staff. Additionally, there are multiple programs that aim to recruit students from underrepresented groups. Within the College of Engineering, the Engineering Ambassadors aim to recruit under-represented students into the College of Engineering at Penn State. The College of Earth Mineral Sciences also has a comprehensive list of opportunities for precollege students from underrepresented groups and scholarships for undergraduates from underrepresented groups.