Following recently updated policies, Penn State will require indoor mask-wearing at the ceremony for all individuals, regardless of their vaccination status.
Should transmission levels lower across the state, Penn State's mask-wearing policy could be rescinded.
In a gist, vaccines aren't mandatory, COVID-19 testing is ramping up, and mask policies aren't changing...yet.
These grants are part of $76.2 million allocated to Penn State for student emergency aid from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). It's authorized by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that became law in March 2021.
Neil Patel, a 20-year-old junior Schreyer Honors College scholar studying finance, died on August 1 following a four-month-long battle with COVID-19.
Throughout the university's "Commencement Celebration Weekend," the Class of 2020 and their families can return to University Park for a full slate of events.