UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s class of 2022 has chosen to create a long-lasting legacy by directing its class reward to the UHS/UPUA Wellness Fund, designed to assist alleviate the monetary pressure many Penn Staters expertise when worrying about affording medical prices.
The UHS/UPUA Wellness Fund was not too long ago conceived and established by way of a collaboration between the College Park Undergraduate Affiliation (UPUA) and College Well being Providers (UHS). Help from the category of 2022 will improve the fund and supply college students in monetary want with the assets essential to cowl most UHS billable companies, empowering them to deal with their instructional expertise.
Pupil Philanthropy Community (SPN) members Connor Prepare dinner and Jacob Reynolds made the announcement on Oct. 19 throughout Homecoming’s “Previous to Current” occasion. After a nominations and picks course of, class of 2022 college students voted on the reward from Oct. 8 to 17.
“The engagement with this 12 months’s Class Reward marketing campaign has been inspiring. As a part of our course of, any Penn Stater is welcome to submit a nomination for that 12 months’s class reward. We had dozens of impactful and progressive reward nominations submitted for this 12 months’s marketing campaign, proving, as soon as once more, that Penn Staters are considerate and engaged members of our nice neighborhood,” mentioned Jacob Reynolds, SPN president.
On the announcement occasion, O. Richard Bundy II, Penn State’s vp for Improvement and Alumni Relations, supplied his perspective on the choice, which follows within the footsteps of current class items that assist the well-being of present and future college students.
“With the reward you’ve got chosen, the category of 2022 will present vital assets to the following generations of Penn Staters to get them the medical assist they want,” mentioned Bundy. “If the previous 12 months and a half has taught us something, it’s how vital correct medical remedy is to sustaining a wholesome, secure life… Your class has used its dedication, creativity, and love for the Blue and White to encourage us as a neighborhood.”
The category reward custom started 130 years in the past with the graduating class of 1861. At their 1890 reunion, the category of 1861 offered the inaugural class reward: a portrait of Penn State’s first president, Evan Pugh. This portrait can nonetheless be present in Outdated Foremost on the College Park campus.
Members of the Pupil Philanthropy Community shall be soliciting items by way of occasions, emails and telephone calls from college students graduating in Could, August or December 2022. All members of the Penn State neighborhood could contribute to the reward.
To make a present to the Class Reward of 2022, textual content ClassGift2022 to 71777. Comply with class reward info on Facebook or @PennStateSPN on Twitter and Instagram. Questions may be directed to Brie Burdge, class reward adviser, at bwb67@psu.edu or 814-863-2052.
Help for the UHS/UPUA Wellness Fund will advance “A Larger Penn State for Twenty first Century Excellence,” a centered marketing campaign that seeks to raise Penn State’s place as a number one public college in a world outlined by speedy change and international connections. With the assist of alumni and pals, “A Larger Penn State” seeks to satisfy the three key imperatives of a Twenty first-century public college: retaining the doorways to greater schooling open to hardworking college students no matter monetary well-being; creating transformative experiences that transcend the classroom; and impacting the world by serving communities and fueling discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship. To study extra about “A Larger Penn State for Twenty first Century Excellence,” go to greaterpennstate.psu.edu.
