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Supporting progressive candidates for Penn State's Board of Trustees ➡️ Climate action 🌱 Workers' rights ✊ Ed equity 🎓 Transparency 🕊️

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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Penn State's trustees chart the institution's future. Go to PennStateVotes.com right now to vote for the two alumni candidates who will move Penn State Forward. Ali and Karen will prioritize workers' rights and educational equity. All Penn State alumni can vote. ➡️
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Investing in climate education and research pays back huge dividends for our community - and our world. Former Penn State Professor Kristina Douglass just won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. a "genius grant." 🧠 www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
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Kristina Douglass
Investigating how past human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A better university is possible when we demand it. ✊ Over twenty thousand Penn Staters signed an online petition. Thousands more publicly commented, emailed, and called. Organizing works. www.psucollegian.com/news/adminis...
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WPSU to continue operating after trustees approve second proposal to sell its assets
The Penn State Board of Trustees Finance and Investment Committee unanimously approved a second proposal to sell WPSU assets during a special session on Monday.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Significant increases for high-level executives during a budget crisis, campus closures, and cuts to public services sends the wrong message. Notably this enthusiasm for so-called fair compensation vanishes when it comes to the workers who keep Penn State running.
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Penn State branch campus professors outraged as President Bendapudi gets 47% pay raise amid campus closures
When Penn State New Kensington professor Andrea Adolph learned of President Neeli Bendapudi’s 47% salary raise, she felt it was
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
The decision to "wind down" WPSU gives more power to federal officials who spurn truth, science, and our public institutions. Bad for our community and terribly self-destructive.
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Penn State decision to shut down WPSU, rather than sell it, draws rebukes
After Penn State trustees rejected a plan to sell WPSU to WHYY, that station's leader called the decision "a shame," and community members expressed frustration about the impending loss of a community...
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Congratulations 🌟 Uma Moriarity! 🌟 Uma - an investment strategist and sustainability advocate who has spent her career building the business case for sustainable capital allocation - will join Penn State's Board on July 1, 2025, for a three-year term.
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Hannah Cave Stout @gdrp2009.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
congratulations on winning a BoT seat, Uma! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #PennStateForward
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#PennState faculty just passed a resolution for a unified defense against political and legal threats to higher education. Our leadership must heed their calls. Solidarity is the best shield to safeguard our academic freedom and institutional autonomy. www.psucollegian.com/news/campus/...
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Penn State Faculty Senate passes resolution to establish Big Ten Mutual Defense Compact
The Penn State Faculty Senate passed a resolution supporting the formation of a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among Big Ten universities on Tuesday.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"Our students don’t believe that University leadership will prevent sexual violence or protect the thousands of survivors and victims who call Penn State home." Voting is now open. Vote for Katherine Wheatle, Daniel Zahn, and Uma Moriarity: PennStateVotes.com. onwardstate.com/2025/04/29/c...
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Community Content: It’s Time For Us To Renew Our Commitment To Sexual Violence Prevention
"Right now, our students don’t believe that University leadership will prevent sexual violence or protect the thousands of survivors and victims who call Penn State home."
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"We need a collective stance among governing boards, higher education associations, and institutional leaders that reasserts the value of independent governance in a democratic society." Vote for Daniel, Katherine, and Uma before May 8: PennStateVotes.com. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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The Precedent Higher Ed Can’t Afford to Set (opinion)
The mere prospect of a consent decree at Columbia is a flashing warning sign for trustees at colleges across the country, Ross Mugler writes.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#PennState alumni: Voting for alumni-elected trustees is now open! 🎉 Trustees chart the university's future, and all Penn State graduates can vote. Cast your ballot at PennStateVotes.com for the candidates ready to lead our university forward: Daniel, Katherine, and Uma.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The federal government is attacking universities; we need Penn State trustees who will improve our financial situation, safeguard our students, retain our values, and end encroachment on civil liberties across our campuses. Katherine, Uma, and Daniel are those candidates. Voting opens on Monday!
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Check out Katherine's recent feature in Onward State! "We’re at a point in higher ed where we can’t just talk about inclusion, we have to act on it,” she said. “That means thinking critically about affordability, representation, and the student experience.” onwardstate.com/2025/04/17/k...
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
NEW TODAY: Daniel Zahn’s piece about standing up to the actions by the federal government. onwardstate.com/2025/04/15/c...
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Community Content: Colleges Are Facing Constitutional Crises; Penn State Needs Trustees To Meet The Moment
Board of Trustees candidate Daniel Zahn aruges Penn State needs to do more to stand up to recent actions by the federal government.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Read Onward State's feature on #PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity here! onwardstate.com/2025/04/02/u...
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Uma Moriarity Aiming To 'Future Proof University For Generations To Come' In Board Of Trustees Campaign
“We’re really proving the fact that you can invest in a way that both generates great returns but also does so while thinking about the positive impact that you can create."
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Voting opens in three weeks! Sign up for a voting reminder today at PSUForward.org/vote.
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We've reached 100 followers - just two weeks after joining Bluesky! 🎉
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
As a sustainability investment strategist, Uma Moriarity generates superior risk-adjusted returns by considering climate impact. She knows that supporting climate research and renewable energy education and backing energy-efficient campuses at Penn State is just good business. 📈
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#PennState Forward candidate Uma Moriarity is a sustainability investment strategist who has spent her career making the business case for sustainable capital allocation. 📈🌎🌱
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dr. Katherine Wheatle is a higher education policy expert and Pell Grant recipient committed to making postsecondary education attainable for all. ✊🗣️
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Penn State Forward candidate Daniel A. Zahn '20 is a civil rights lawyer committed to protecting academic freedom and student and faculty speech & promoting democratic decision-making. ⚖️
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Penn State Forward @psuforward.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
PENN STATE ALUMNI: ⚖️ Civil rights attorney Daniel Zahn '20, 📚 higher education expert Katherine Wheatle '08, and 📈 investment strategist Uma Moriarity '14 are running for Penn State's Board in 2025. Sign up to support them here: PSUForward.org/pledge.
Image showing Daniel Zahn, Katherine Wheatle, and Uma Moriarity.  Text says: "A sustainable, inclusive, democratic, and fair Penn State."
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