Hale, a retired professor, wants to change how Penn State finds funding and governs itself.
"We have a critical gap in both academia and healthcare, and being immersed in both together on a daily basis, working on these collaborative committees, I can contribute, certainly, to both."
Board of Trustees candidate Daniel Zahn aruges Penn State needs to do more to stand up to recent actions by the federal government.
Pilewicz and his family are heavily involved Penn Staters, and he's ready to take his involvement a step further with a seat at the trustees' table.
Board of Trustees candidate Steven Wagman contends his time on the board and around Penn State qualifies him for reelection.
"I want to be one of the doers, one of the movers — somebody to get this going forward."