COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES
Quarterly Report
January 19, 2023

PennWest Council of Trustees
Business Meeting
January 19, 2023
3:00 p.m.
PennWest California
Convocation Center, North Wing Room 6-7
250 University Avenue, California, PA 15419
Watch Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/pennsylvaniawesternuniversity
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Recording Attendance
4. Approval of Consent Agenda

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These items will be considered in one motion unless a member wishes to have an item
removed for individual discussion
a. Meeting Minutes 10-12-2022
Public Comments
APSCUF Comments
Council Chair Report
Student Trustee Report
University President’s Report
PACT/BOG Update
Faculty Senate Report
University Reports
a. Academic Affairs
b. Institutional Effectiveness and Student Affairs
c. Strategic Enrollment and Global Online
d. Finance and Facilities
i. Action Item: Audited Financial Statements
e. University Advancement
f. University Affairs
New Business
Executive Session (if needed)
Adjournment

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CONSENT AGENDA

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Pennsylvania Western University
Council of Trustees Regular Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes
DRAFT FOR APPROVAL
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
5 p.m.
RLA Learning and Conference Center
850 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry, PA 16066
Meeting Minutes
The Council of Trustees at Pennsylvania Western University met in regular session on Wednesday,
October 12, 2022, at the RLA Learning and Conference Center in Cranberry, PA, and via Zoom. The
meeting began at 5:00 p.m.
ATTENDING
Mark Bellini
Stephen DeFrank
JD Dunbar
Jahneek Fant
Danny Jones
Patricia Kennedy
Barbara Logue
Commissioner Larry Maggi

Barry Niccolai
Representative Donna Oberlander
Kathy Pape
Larry Pickett
Kathryn Robinson
Neil Weaver
John Wheeler

Also in attendance include: Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson, Founding President; Lorraine Bernotsky,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; James Geiger, Vice President for
Advancement; Susanne Fenske, Vice President for Student Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness;
Scott Miller, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost; Fawn Petrosky, Vice President for
Finance; Erinn Lake, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Student Services and Global
Innovation; Kelly Moran-Repinski, Chief of Staff; Terrence Mitchell, Associate Vice President and
Chief Diversity Officer; Molly Passmore, University Legal Counsel; Robin Weaver, PennWest Faculty
Senate; Jackie Knaust, PennWest Faculty Senate; Peter Kuvshinikov, PennWest Faculty Senate;
Mario Majcen, Local APSCUF President, PennWest California; Joyce Overly, Local APSCUF
President, PennWest Clarion; Samuel Claster, Local APSCUF President, PennWest Edinboro; Staci
Tedrow, Administrative Assistant II; CJ DeJuliis, Senior Learning Technology Analyst; Anna Stewart,
Executive Staff Associate and Trustee Liaison.
ELECT TEMPORARY CHAIR AND SECRETARY
Motion by Trustee Weaver to elect Trustee Jones as temporary Chair and Trustee Kennedy as
temporary Secretary.
Yeas: All
Nays: None
Motion Passed
ADOPT PENNWEST COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES BYLAWS
Temporary Chair Jones moved that the PennWest Council of Trustees Bylaws be approved as
amended.
Yeas: All
Nays: None
Motion Passed

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APPOINT AND ELECT OFFICERS
Temporary Chair Jones moved to appoint and elect the slate of officers as presented:
Trustee Kathy Pape, Chair
Trustee Larry Maggi, Vice Chair
Trustee JD Dunbar, Secretary
Yeas: All
Nays: None
Motion Passed
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Chair Pape moved that the Consent Agenda be approved as presented:
• PennWest Honorary Degree Policy
• PennWest Building Naming Policy
• Order of Succession
Yeas: All
Nays: None
Motion Passed
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Dr. Andrea Cencich provided public comment.
APSCUF REPORT (Full reports in video archive)
Dr. Mario Majcen, local APSCUF President, provided comment on behalf of PennWest California
Dr. Joyce Overly, local APSCUF President, provided comment on behalf of PennWest Clarion
Dr. Samuel Claster, local APSCUF President, provided comment on behalf of PennWest Edinboro
COUNCIL CHAIR REPORT (Full report in video archive)
Chair Pape expressed gratitude to the faculty, staff, student, and Trustees for the work
accomplished to establish PennWest University.
STUDENT REPORT (Full report in video archive)
Student Trustees Jahneek Fant (California), Kathryn Robinson (Clarion), and John Wheeler
(Edinboro) provided reports on the status and activities at PennWest California, PennWest Clarion,
and PennWest Edinboro.
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT’S REPORT (Full report in video archive)
President Pehrsson introduced Dr. Lorraine Bernotsky as Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer, who joined the PennWest leadership team on October 3, 2022, on loan from West
Chester University. President Pehrsson shared the leadership team will be analyzing, assessing,
and developing plans for a number of areas critical to the success of PennWest, including academic
and business functions, organizational structure, program array, and current retention strategies.
Closing the report, President Pehrsson detailed good news:
• The National Science Foundation has awarded PennWest $1,228,857 for a learning community
among its science faculty. The grant will be used to implement a type of professional
development known as a learning community, determine how this community relates to student
learning, and contribute best practices to extend that framework to other STEM departments and
higher education institutions.
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The Department of Education has awarded PennWest’s TRIO Upward Bound program 2.8
million, which will help fund student support services.

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The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board awarded $102,000 in grants prevention efforts at our
three campuses.

PACT/BOG UPDATE (Full report in video archive)
Chair Pape offered a PACT update.
FACULTY SENATE REPORT (Full report in video archive)
Dr. Robin Weaver provided remarks on behalf of the PennWest Faculty Senate.
UNIVERSITY REPORTS (Full reports in video archive)
1. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Provost Scott Miller provided an update on the work of the Integrated Curriculum Committee
(ICC). The following programs were approved thru ICC and the provost (including all
course proposals):
• BS - Communication Sciences and Disorders course proposals
• MS - Counseling – Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• MS - Counseling – School Counseling
The following concentrations were approved (including all course proposals):
• MBA – Nursing Administration
• MBA – Social Work Administration
• MS Counseling - Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
• MS Counseling - College Counseling Student Affairs
• MS Counseling - Art Therapy
• MEd Early Childhood
• MEd Literacy Specialist
• MEd Dyslexia Interventionist
13 graduate certificates were approved by the ICC.
2. INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT AFFAIRS
Dr. Susanne Fenske provided an update on division activity.
Institutional Effectiveness and Institutional Research:
• The IE/IR team is developing processes for annual reporting; assessment is working out
how to continue assessing “teach out” programs; and working with all VPs to develop
and define basic operational strategy.
• Strategic Planning has begun for PennWest University with a 1-year timeline of August
2022-August 2023 when the PennWest Strategic Plan will be launched.
• Preparing for Middle States site visit in November – follow-up to Complex Substantive
Change.
University Police:
• The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) roll out and training are underway.
• Work continues on the PLEAC accreditation for PennWest University Police.
• University Police are completing the annual security report (Clery) for all campuses.
Auxiliary Services, Budgets, and Project Management
• Events Services team welcomed over 16,000 attendees to 3 campuses this summer with
nearly 100 events over the 3-month period.
• Auxiliary teams are meeting regularly with student leaders on each campus to develop a
strategic plan for student centers to increase student engagement and offer relevant
services.
Campus Life
• 2,087 new students completed summer orientation.
• PennWest’s Inaugural Welcome Weekend was held August 18-21.
• PennWest University – California has been included in Washington Monthly’s 2022 Best
Colleges for Student Voting Honor Roll.

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Residence Life and Housing
• Fall 2022 Housing Occupancy:
California – 467 upperclassmen; 660 freshmen
Clarion – 576 upperclassmen; 382 freshmen
Edinboro – 527 upperclassmen; 586 freshmen
Wellness
• Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) grant received - $102,022 for the 3
PennWest campuses.
• PennWest University continues to follow the CDC guidelines for COVID and Monkey
Pox. The PennWest Task Force will be meeting throughout the semester.
3. STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT AND GLOBAL ONLINE
Dr. Erinn Lake shared State System released official headcount data for fall 2022, and
PennWest’s freeze data is being finalized. Other activity includes:
• Actively engaged in an assessment of Fall 2022 non-continuing students.
• Projections for Fall 2023 will be developed, in collaboration with RNL, once official
census numbers are released.
• Finalizing PennWest integrated recruitment and retention plan and meet weekly to assess
progress.
• Launched official website for Global Online programming.
• All three Global Online pilot programs have been onboarded with the GO
instructional designers.
• PennWest Student Success functions (Academic Support, Career and
Professional Development, Financial Aid, Student Outreach and Success) recently joined
the Strategic Enrollment and Global Online Advancement division to enhance
collaboration and align strategy.
4. FINANCE AND FACILITIES
Fawn Petrosky reported on the quarterly contracts and purchases for the period of April 21,
2022, through July 20, 2022. A total of $5,544,227 was negotiated and/or awarded by the
University. Further division activity reported on includes Accounting, Financial Planning and
Analysis, Student Accounts, Information Technology, and Facilities Management. Specific
facilities projects include the PennWest Facilities Master Plan, conversion to a common work
order system, demolition (DGS-funded) of Keystone and Azorsky at PennWest California.
Action Item: 2022-2023 University Budget Approval
Chair Pape moved to approve the 2022-2023 Educational and General Budget as presented.
Yeas: All
Nays: None
Motion Passed
5. UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
James Geiger provided an update on University Advancement to include:
• Communications and Marketing:
o Launched PennWest campus eNews and social media channels.
o Intermediate website received positive reviews. The new intermediate website
will launch fall 2023.
o Brand awareness is focus of marketing efforts.
o Student recruitment – mail flow, viewbook, key programs
• Alumni Engagement/Advancement Services/Grants
o Successful Homecomings held Clarion and Edinboro, California is 10/21-22.

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Activities include uniting Alumni Engagement team and strategies, assessing
alumni volunteers/groups on each campus to support strategies, increasing
consistency and quality of alumni communications.
o Reviewing opportunities to align data processes and reporting; integrating
data management policies, procedures, processes and tools in FY24
o Reviewing processes for gift acceptance on each campus to maintain donor
intent while taking advantage of best practices.
o Partnering with IUPRI for grant management support.
 Current: $20,871,767 PennWest ($14,015,535 State/Federal; $6,856,232
Private)
Fundraising for 2021-2022 meets the PennWest five-year averages
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6. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Dr. Terrence Mitchell provided an update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion including the
implementation of pilot initiatives reported last quarter and continuing to work in collaboration
with faculty, staff, and students across our three campuses, as well as projects that PennWest
DEI staff are working on with the State System’s DEI Office.
7. UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
Kelly Moran-Repinski provided an update on University Affairs:
• University Assembly
o Heart of PennWest’s shared governance model; Fosters open communication
among all stakeholders – students, faculty, and administrators; Promotes active
participation in policy development and decision making; Considers and makes
recommendation regarding university policies pertaining to academic affairs;
student affairs, residence life; facilities; institutional resources; enrollment
management; finances and budgets; libraries; athletics; and diversity, equity
and inclusion
• Leadership Council
o Serve as an information sharing body ensuring that information is flowing in a
central location from each corner of the university; Explore issues, identify
problems and concerns, make recommendations, and propose initiatives that
affect the campus community; Promote accountability and improve crossdivisional collaboration in ways that support the University’s strategic goals; and
Support the education, training, and development of its members.
o Members from all academic and administrative units of the PennWest and
comprise of the administrative leaders with direct reports and deans.
• People and Culture Taskforce
o Taskforce is composed of faculty, staff, and administrators encompassing
various constituencies on PennWest’s three campuses.
Charged
with assessing activities, events, and programs related
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to PennWest’s culture and making recommendations to the
Executive Leadership Cabinet.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Pape moved to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 7:13 p.m.

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UNIVERSITY REPORTS

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A PennWest California student's sword-making skills have earned him the top prize on a
recent episode of a History Channel competition. Ian Zimmerman appeared on the Nov. 2
episode of “Forged in Fire,” a competition-style show where world-class bladesmiths recreate historical edged weapons.

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Yesenia Santiago-Jimenez, a PennWest graduate student studying communication disorders,
has been selected to serve on the executive board of the Pennsylvania Speech-LanguageHearing Association. PSHA chooses one student representative statewide each year.

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Finance students across the three PennWest campuses marked the program’s first in-person
collaboration at a regional investment profession workshop. Twenty students from the
PennWest School of Business attended the 2022 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society of
Pittsburgh career fair, which included three speaker panels and networking opportunities.

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The newly established $1,000 Wolovich Special Education Scholarship was awarded to Emily
Steigerwald, a senior with a dual elementary/special education major. This scholarship will
be awarded annually.

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Lee Copeland ’08, an Edinboro graduate and Erie-area screenwriter and filmmaker, earned
an international award for his first full-length screenplay at the British Horror Film Festival.
Copeland, an Edinboro resident who earned his degree in applied media arts, won Best
Screenplay for “OREAD,” a story about friends who reconnect in the mountains only to cross
into the realm of myth, madness, and horror.

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Haley (Bashada) McLaughlin ’16, a California graduate, received the Teacher as Hero Award
from the National Liberty Museum. She is one of 11 educators across the country who will be
recognized as “heroes” this year.

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Thomas McKelvey, who received his master’s degree and principal certification from
California, was hired as the assistant principal at Haine Elementary School in Cranberry
Township, Pa.

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Dr. Jamie Chapman ’07, an Edinboro graduate, has been appointed director of the All-College
Honors Program at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa.

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Monica Jeffcoat ’15, who earned her Master of Social Work degree at Edinboro, has been
appointed CEO of Helping Hands Inc., where she formerly served as director of residential
services. In 2022 she also received the One Person Can Make a Difference Award from

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PAFCAF, an advocacy organization, and presented at the Daniel Memorial National
Independent Living Conference.
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Dixie Paletta ’99 has been named the chief budget officer for West Virginia University. She
holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from California, where
she graduated summa cum laude. She is also a certified public accountant, a certified internal
auditor, and a certified fraud examiner.

The first PennWest University Commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 10 and 11. More than
1,600 students graduated from PennWest’s campuses at California, Clarion, and Edinboro. California
celebrated more than 890 graduates on Dec. 10 with Dr. Cynthia Shapira, chair of the Board of
Governors, as guest speaker. PennWest Clarion celebrated 280 graduates on Dec. 10, and PennWest
Edinboro celebrated 470 graduates on Dec. 11.
The PennWest Integrated Curriculum Committee (ICC), under the leadership of Dr. Michael
Perrotti:
• On Nov. 4 recommended general education courses to be offered in Fall 2023 in the interest
of creating a robust general education that includes courses that will be regularly offered,
ensuring that the general education program creates a common experience for students,
consistent with a liberal arts tradition. The ICC also approved these courses for all distance
education modalities defined in Article 41.B.1 of the collective bargaining agreement.
• On Dec. 5 completed an intensive review of the university’s program array. Additional
curriculum synthesis work will be ongoing through early Spring 2023.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
PennWest Edinboro’s branch of the NWPA Innovation Beehive Network earned two regional
marketing awards for its work supporting local businesses. Competing in the Marketing category at
the annual Niagara Awards, the Center for Branding and Strategic Communication earned gold and
silver medals, respectively, for its branding work and other achievements with Foxburg Golf
Preservation and Tandoori Hut Indian Cuisine.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION, AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
The PennWest Clarion student chapter of the American Marketing Association hosted Marketing
Week in October 2022. Activities for students were held on campus and virtually; they included
informative and inspiring guest speakers from the marketing arms of Microsoft and Under Armour.

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Certification of PennWest’s Parks and Recreation Management program was re-affirmed by the
Council on Accreditation in Parks, Recreation, Tourism, and Related Fields.
Faculty from the Management and Marketing Department at the California and Clarion campuses
joined Dean Phillip Frese in activities with Global Online, hosting 40 post-secondary students from
Istituto Bonifacio VIII, Italy, in October. The Institute is negotiating a dual-enrollment and exchange
program in management, including subjects such as entrepreneurship and hospitality.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
In October, PennWest California received CAEAP’s Frank Murray Leadership for Continuous
Improvement Award, which recognizes excellence in accreditation. All three PennWest campuses
have now been fully accredited by CAEP, and PennWest will maintain that status over the next five
years as it embarks on a new accreditation cycle.
Further testament to the quality of our programs is the fact that all synthesized, graduate licensure
programs have been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Faculty joined students to support the Winter Needs drive benefitting students at McKinnley
Elementary in Erie. Faculty also attended the National Council for Social Studies conference, where
their presentation on placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill included Little Leaders, a community
outreach program, facilitated by faculty, to grow leadership skills in young girls through literacy and
advocacy.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program was granted accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE) without any citations.
PennWest’s bachelor’s degree program in exercise science has been ranked No. 1 in the nation by
EduMed, a leading higher-education healthcare consultant. The nationally accredited program,
offered through PennWest Global Online, was recognized for accreditation, internship
opportunities, and practical and theory method delivery in EduMed’s Best Online Exercise Science
Degree Programs of 2023.
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Several hundred students from northwestern Pennsylvania took part in a competition organized by
the Math Department and held in November at the PennWest Clarion campus. This was the first
time the competition had been held in several years because of the pandemic. Thanks to the efforts
of faculty, the event was a success, and many students were recognized for their mathematics skills.

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At PennWest California, middle school and high school students from 13 counties are expected to
compete March 1 in the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Science Olympiad. Planning started
the Fall 2022 semester. Fifteen-member teams in two divisions – grades 6-9 and 9-12 – will compete
in events focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math skills. PennWest California has
hosted this event for just over 30 years. Nearly 40 schools are expected for this year’s regional
competition, with California faculty from all NSET departments serving as event supervisors. Dr.
Thomas Wickham, the college’s associate dean, serves as the regional site director.
Faculty in the Geosciences and Biology Department continued their excellence in service and
scholarship. Several faculty received fellowships or were published in their respective fields of
study; others attended national and regional conferences where students and faculty presented their
research.
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMAN SERVICES
Faculty News
• Dr. Stephanie Diez-Morel, of the Social Work Department, recently received the Presidential
Service Award from the National Association of Social Workers – Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Mathilda Spencer, of the Criminal Justice Department, was awarded a two-year grant of
$232,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to support her work with the Monessen
Positive Action Team, a program that has created a community-based support network for
middle school students and provides field trips, team-building activities, and tutoring.

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Dr. Kevan Yenerall, from the Sociology, Political Science, and Law Department,
accompanied several PennWest Clarion students to Washington, D.C., during the winter
break. There they took part in an immersive week-long seminar, Inside Washington, run by
The Washington Center. The students interacted with experts and public figures and engaged
in a nonpartisan exploration of many hot-button issues.

ROTC
ROTC students presented colors at each of PennWest’s three winter Commencement ceremonies, as
well as at Homecoming and many athletic events throughout the fall semester.
Library
The library reached out to faculty in advance of the PennWest Celebrations of Scholarship, which
will take place at each campus in April. Librarians are seeking faculty assistance in identifying
students who are engaged in interesting research projects or creative endeavors (such as gallery
shows, plays, or concerts) in the Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 semesters. In addition to encouraging
students to submit their work for the Celebrations of Scholarship, the library is looking for faculty to

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help organize the events at each PennWest campus and establish the foundation for a new academic
tradition at PennWest.
CENTER FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE
The Center for Faculty Excellence, sponsored by the Edinboro University Foundation, announced
recipients of the Spring 2023 Faculty Research and Scholarly Activity Awards. Faculty awardees are
Dolly Crawford, Karen Ernst, Julianne Field, Peter Lindeman, Wayne Hawley, Sheila Lorenzo de la
Peña, Sean Patrick Regan, Derek Witucki, Roger Wolbert, and Andrea Wyman.
In Fall 2022, the center offered these workshops and presentations: Revisiting the Teaching Online
Master Class (TOMC), Show and Tell with Screencasting, Liquid Syllabus, Gen Z Explained: The Art
of Living in a Digital Age, and Online Self-paced Workshop to Develop an Advising Syllabus.
ACADEMIC CAMPUS PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH
During the Fall 2022 semester, students and faculty in the
College of Arts and Humanities engaged in multiple service,
creative and scholarly activities that enriched the university and
campus communities. Choirs, bands, and other ensembles
offered rousing performances, five exhibitions were installed at
university art galleries, and seven theatrical productions were
staged, including A Christmas Carol: The Musical.
On the PennWest California campus, the Department of History,
Philosophy, and Modern Languages sponsored Day of the Dead and St. George’s Day (Diada de Sant
Jordi) events, as well as the annual Dr. Melanie Blumberg Post-Election Analysis Forum, moderated
by Jon Delano, the money and politics editor at KDKA-TV.
At PennWest Clarion, the English Club hosted a Haunted Workshop party at the Community
Learning Workshop, which offers daily after-school homework help, tutoring, and literacy
enrichment for learners of all ages.
At PennWest Edinboro, visitors to the Bruce Gallery enjoyed
SUR(FACE) Portraits Re-Examined, featuring works by Murjoni
Merriweather, Madeline Schwartzman, and 19 other artists. The
Bates Gallery featured two MFA candidacy exhibitions, and the
semester closed with a community outreach event at the
SUR(FACE) show organized by graduate students in the art
program.

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This fall, the project management team used a weekly electronic DYK
newsletter to notify the IESAP division of integration updates and to
spotlight contact information and division services that could help staff and
faculty become better prepared to serve and support our students. The team
invited other PennWest departments to share news about their resources
and events — for example, Academic Affairs, Athletics, and Student
Success’s "Operation Cupcake" — to encourage students to get "PennWest
Ready" for spring scheduling.
The area is also working closely with PennWest’s Finance and Administration division on multiple
integration projects for auxiliaries (bookstore, laundry, and food services contracts, to name a few),
as well as university fees and budgeting.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
PennWest California’s Student Government Association completed
627.5 hours of service during the fall semester. Some of those service
hours were dedicated to the California Borough Police Toy Drive,
which collected more than 150 toys for children in need.
As part of
Operation RAKE,
10 PennWest
Edinboro student
organizations
raked 16 yards.
Lambda Chi Alpha raised more than $4,000 and
donated nonperishable food items to the local food
bank through the Fulcrum for Food event, where
fraternity members sit outside for 48 straight
hours. The Fulcrum fundraiser was held Oct. 13-15.
PENNWEST PANTRY
The food pantries on all three campuses were combined this fall under the PennWest Pantry
moniker. With the help of Pantrysoft software, campus pantries filled 364 orders between Sept. 1
and Dec. 14, serving 203 individual students.

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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
All three PennWest campuses activated voter registration portals ahead of the
mid-term elections this fall. PennWest was recognized by the ALL IN Campus
Democracy Challenge for having a Highly Established Action Plan, and the
university was named a Most Engaged Campus for its voter registration efforts.
ENGAGE AND EVENTS
The Engage student organization management platform was implemented on all
three campuses, with 733 events advertised, 8,850 overall participants, and 3,252
individual student users.
STUDENT TRUSTEE SEARCH
Sarah Seader, a junior from Brownsville, Pa., and Sonia Yost, a junior from Slippery Rock, Pa., were
selected to serve on the PennWest Council of Trustees. The new student trustees will represent the
California and Edinboro campuses, respectively.
STUDENT GOVERNOR SEARCH
PennWest California student, Darrek Harshberger, a junior from Duncansville, Pa., has been
selected to fill the open student board member seat on Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher
Education Board of Governors.

Community Assistants conducted 270 programs at California, 220 at Clarion, and 198 at Edinboro
through a combination of collaborative programs, campus events, and floor programs in residence
halls.
Common housing applications for Fall 2023 freshmen are now open for signups, and room selection
has begun for current students on all three campuses.
RLH continued to support students who tested positive for COVID-19 this fall by providing isolation
housing and delivering meals to those who were quarantined.

Campus Recreation and Student Wellness Support hosted former NHL player Keven Stevens, who
educated students about the dangers of substance abuse. More than 300 students attended his talk,
which was broadcast on all three PennWest campuses.

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A hockey game and California campus bench dedication were held in collaboration with University
Development and Alumni Relations. The events raised $6,122 for the Branson King Memorial
PennWest Scholarship and the Kevin Stevens Power Forward Foundation
(www.powerforward25.com). Branson King was a California hockey player and team leader who
passed away unexpectedly in 2021. His family started a PennWest scholarship that is now endowed.
There are plans to host an annual game to raise additional scholarship funds.
The 35th annual Health Fair was
held in October at PennWest
California. Each of the 30
participating vendors provided
information about various health
and wellness topics. About 450
students and 60 employees
attended throughout the day.
PennWest Edinboro held its annual
Stories of Strength Day this fall. At the event, campus departments and community agencies
provided wellness activities for students.
PennWest Edinboro’s Office for Students with Disabilities received a grant for the fourth year from
the PennWest Edinboro University Foundation (JCDRP Family Foundation, Glenmede). This grant
will support the wheelchair basketball team and provide student resources for the OSD program.
PennWest’s Edinboro and California campuses have teamed up with their local Intermediate Units
to provide free COVID testing on campus through the Department of Health and AMI.
The university’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Office, along with the PASSHE AOD coordinator, received
multiple grants through the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to prevent underage and dangerous
drinking.

STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE/TIMELINE

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The Institutional Effectiveness and Research team is responsible for the work involved with
reporting, data management, advanced analysis (such as enrollment projections), surveys,
assessment, planning, and accreditation, among other decision-support activities.
This fall, IR submitted a progress report and hosted the Middle States Commission on Higher
Education for site visits on all three PennWest campuses. The teams met with stakeholders at every
level, from students and employees to university trustees.
The assessment team has been working with Academic Affairs to continue the assessment of
programs on “teach out” status and to monitor how the new program array aligns with these
programs. Work to update the Nuventive system with assessment data from the Clarion and
Edinboro campuses is persistent and ongoing. As we move into January, this team will be meeting to
lay out the overall assessment protocols and mapping for the institution.
The advanced analysis team has been working to combine previous NSSE data across the three
campuses and to perform text analysis on the surveys’ comments in an attempt to provide actionable
qualitative feedback that can be applied at either a campus level or university-wide. This team has
managed several surveys and will be active in providing both data-gathering and survey analysis as
work on the Strategic Plan progresses.
The institutional research team has submitted final PASSHE reporting files for our individual
institutions and has been working diligently with Technology Services on a new reporting process
for PennWest files.

University Police are continuing to make progress on the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police
Accreditation integration project and are preparing for an onsite assessment in June.
Chief Ed McSheffery, California

Chief Jason Hendershot, Clarion

Chief Angela Vincent, Edinboro

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University Police also are working toward officer certification through the Municipal Police Officers
Education and Training Commission. Certification of all PASSHE officers under MPOETC was a
legislative change initiated by the State System Police Chiefs, with the support of PASSHE
administration.
FALL SERVICE ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
Cornhole with a Cop – PennWest California

Coffee with a Cop – PennWest Edinboro

Shop with a Cop – PennWest Clarion

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Overall student headcount for Spring 2023 is 10,627 as of Dec. 21, 2022. To reach the headcount
enrollment target contained in our comprehensive planning document, or CPP, staff are processing
new admissions, assisting continuing students who have not yet registered for spring classes, and
addressing financial holds and academic progress issues with students. An AOD reporting template
is being finalized and will provide additional details regarding Fall 2023.

The Graduate Admissions team has tracked 478 new student deposits for the winter and spring
terms. With more than 20 new deposits each, the most popular PennWest graduate programs are
Exercise Science, Social Work, Counseling, Special Education, Library Science, MBA, Master of Arts
in Teaching, and other M.Ed. programs.
We expect to hire a new graduate enrollment coach/recruiter for the Edinboro campus in early 2023.
The initial search window closed on Dec. 14 and yielded nine potential candidates.
PennWest’s partnership with EAB, an educational services firm, will continue for the remainder of
the fiscal year as we work to strengthen brand awareness and lead generation for graduate
programs. The strategy for FY23 includes digital advertising, continued targeted name purchases
through the GRE/GMAT list services, a multi-layered email and survey campaign, customized online
landing pages, and paper mailers sent to working professionals in core market areas.

The Undergraduate Admissions team held both in-person and virtual events in Fall 2022.
Information sessions and guided tours were offered daily; families could attend Transfer Days and
individual appointments on campus or virtually.
Six “Preview PennWest” events – open houses for high school seniors, juniors, and transfer students
– brought 413 students (1,089 total visitors) to the university in October and November.
Daily information sessions and guided campus tours will continue this spring, along with Saturday
“Pick PennWest” events for admitted students (Jan. 28, Feb. 25, March 25) and a Spring Open House
for high school juniors and sophomores, as well as transfer students, on Saturday, April 15.
RECRUITMENT TRAVEL
The PennWest recruitment team participated in 660 events/visits during the fall semester. They
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schools, 38 “instant decision” days at high schools, 19 bus group visits to our campuses, and 12
virtual information sessions.
PennWest Admissions also:
• Sponsored a monthly meeting of the Allegheny County Counselors Association.
• Took part in the PASSHE Counselor Information Day at Commonwealth UniversityBloomsburg.
• Was a sponsor of the PSCA Conference for school counselors, in Lancaster, Pa.
• Held a virtual Q&A session about PennWest that was attended by more than 40 high school
counselors.
• Held an Instant Decision Day for Fall 2023 students and on-site registration for Spring 2023
students at the RLA Conference center in Cranberry Township.
The team plans to attend college fairs sponsored by NACAC, the national admissions association,
Feb. 5 in Cleveland and Feb. 8-9 in Pittsburgh.
Andrew Conlogue, director of International Recruitment and Admission, attended a three-day
recruitment event this September in Toronto, Canada. He met with 32 high school counselors and
spoke with 41 students and 38 families during high school visits and an evening college fair. Followup included emails and mailings to all counselors and inquiries, as well as 221 students who
participated in the events. An additional mailing will reach 600+ students from the Toronto area.
OTHER RECRUITMENT INITIATIVES
Nearly 30 PennWest students, many from the Honors Program, are the key to “Promote PennWest,”
a series of high school visits. Along with some PennWest coaches, they will stop at 75-100 high
schools in Pennsylvania, northeastern Ohio and western New York to talk with school counselors
about their PennWest experiences and drop off promotional materials and giveaway items.
The staff will continue to work with admissions professionals from the Parish Group to increase
applications from potential first-year students.
An application fee waiver campaign from late October through mid-December used emails and text
messages to encourage students to apply. Beginning in January, additional campaigns will focus on
increasing applications in specific academic programs (e.g., nursing, business, education,
psychology) and boosting applications from transfer students.
Communications with students and families include:
• An “encourage to apply” mailing with a fee-waiver code, sent in January to all freshman and
transfer inquiries who have not yet applied, and to other students in our primary market.

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Letters of welcome for all admitted students, to be sent via email from our deans (beginning
in mid-January) and department chairs (starting in late January).
A series of communications with parents, who are significant influencers in a student’s
college choice. Outreach includes congratulations on admissions, scholarships, and
admission to the Honors Program; next steps to enrollment; and more.

The recruitment team will attend “Increasing the Yield” training Feb. 3 at the RLA conference
center. Planning around spring recruitment and yield initiatives also will take place that day.
SCHOLARSHIPS/HONORS PROGRAM
PennWest Premier Scholarships have been offered to qualified first-year and transfer students.
These merit awards, renewable for up to four years, provide $2,000-$4,000 for freshmen with a 3.0
grade-point average or higher, and $1,500-$2,000 for transfer students with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
University Housing Scholarships, valued at $3,000 and renewable for up to two years, are being
offered to out-of-state and international freshmen and transfer students to help offset the tuition
surcharge of around $4,500.
A one-time Honors College Scholarship of $1,000 has been offered to the 1,034 first-year students
(388 at California, 296 at Clarion, and 350 at Edinboro) admitted to the University Honors Program as
of Dec. 15, 2022. Students must complete a form to accept their seat in the honors program before
the scholarship is posted to their account.

Targeted marketing plans created with the team from VisionPoint have been adopted for three pilot
programs: Exercise Science, Library Science, and MBA.
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Instructional designers have developed an Online Student Orientation that builds a relationship
between students and their Success Coaches from the very start of their PennWest journey.
Designers also created a process for onboarding existing courses and faculty to incorporate newly
designed course shell templates and best practices. The end-product is a consistent and interactive
journey for students within their program courses. Four courses were onboarded for Fall 2022, one
for the winter term, and 17 courses have been onboarded or are in process for Spring 2023.
Library Science professor Marilyn Harhai’s Jan. 11 presentation at the PASSHE Conference on
Teaching and Learning looked at one of her courses before and after the instructional design
process. The conference was hosted by Slippery Rock University.
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An Online Teaching Master Class has been deployed, with an initial faculty cohort of 31. It has
received an overwhelmingly positive response from faculty, and will be offered every fall, spring
and summer.
SUCCESS COACHES
Success Coaches, Enrollment Coaches, and Career Coaches have met with all academic deans,
department chairs, and program coordinators to review how they can support faculty and students
within their programs. In an average week, Success Coaches attempt to contact:
• 560 students via individual emails.
• 960 students via mass emails.
• 179 students via individual text messages.
• 94 students via individual phone calls.
Success Coaches have been following up with students who did not return for Fall 2022 classes or
who have not registered for Spring 2023. Coaches are tracking students’ reasons for not returning.
Coaches deployed the orientation program for Fall 2022, Fall 2022 Flight B (second seven-week
session), and the Winter term. Spring 2023 orientation began Jan. 9.
Accredible, the new Global Online digital credentialing tool, was secured in December.

CCPD has developed a shared service model that positions our team of nine practitioners to serve all
PennWest students, regardless of geography, while ensuring equity, access, and sustainability.
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The Career Center created a short video that introduces who we are and what we do. It was
shared with all faculty and staff and has over 200 views.

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CCPD was awarded the 2022-2023 Career Development College of Distinction for its
innovative, integrated, and accessible work supporting students and employers.
A new website supports our mission of equity and access for students and alumni 24/7. Since
its launch in August, we’ve had over 4,500 user visits and more than 26,000 page-views.

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Career Center staff have shared their expertise, taken on leadership roles, and advanced
their skills:
o Executive Director Dr. Josh Domitrovich represented PennWest at the National
Association of Colleges and Employers annual conference. His NACE presentation ranked
in the top 10%, which elicited a request to replicate as a webinar and write an article
published in the November 2022 edition of the NACE Journal.
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o Dr. Erin Lewis, Career Coach and digital career education lead, presented Para-Social
Interaction as Impact on Online Education and Facilitating and Supporting Cross Campus
Collaborations at the Society for Instructional Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
Interactive. She also published an article in the journal Psychology of Music.
o Krissie Doppelheuer, Career Coach and assistant director of employer engagement, is
president of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Employers (PennACE), which
advocates for experiential education, career development, and employment.
o Diana Brush, Career Coach and associate director of the office, is president of the
Pittsburgh Education Recruitment Consortium. The group of nearly 30 colleges and
universities supports and coordinates an annual Education Job Fair.
o Christina Moreschi, director of career events and outreach, completed the 30-hour NACE
career coaching institute to become a certified career coach. All of our career coaches
now have completed the institute’s training – a huge benefit to our students!
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The Career Center held more than 530 appointments with students and offered over 50
programs or events with students, faculty, alumni, and employers. More than half of those
events were classroom presentations organized through faculty partnerships and engaging
employers such as Erie Insurance, UPMC, U.S. Steel, the state Auditor General’s Office and
Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, the FBI, and The Therapy Collective.

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CCPD successfully launched Handshake, our career management system, which provides
more than 30,450 jobs and internships (local, regional, and national) to our students and
alumni. More than 900 PennWest students and alumni and 358 employers attended 309
school- and 2,633 employer-hosted virtual events via Handshake, including the AT&T
Summer Learning Academy, Virtual Job Fair for Teachers, Google Hash Code, Kraft Heinz
Speaker Series, and a diversity and inclusion webinar.

INTERNSHIP CENTER
Sixty-nine students at the California campus (not including student teachers, clinical, or
practicum students) completed Fall 2022 internships in nearly a dozen states. Sites included U.S.
Steel, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, Hurricane Junior
Golf Tour, Allegheny County Children and Youth Services, and South Fayette School District.

PEER MENTORING
The Peer Mentoring program at PennWest California served 226 first-year students in Fall 2022.
Retention rates are not yet available, but historically these mentor-protégé pairings led to an average
13% greater retention rate for participating vs. non-participating students.

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Peer Mentoring will expand to include all PennWest campuses in Fall 2023. Cross-divisional
collaboration with Student Affairs will ensure there are staff leads designated as points of contact on
each campus, with the director (based at California) traveling for recruitment and oversight events.
SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION
More than 200 students attended Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions on the California campus
this fall. The program is designed to provide academic support for students in traditionally
“difficult” courses: Of the 54 courses with a DFW (D grade/F grade/Withdrawn failing) rate of 25% or
greater, 40 courses (74%) were supported by SI. Measurable drops in DFW rates from Spring 2022 to
Fall 2022 were seen in courses such as General Chemistry I, Statistics, General Physics, and Anatomy
and Physiology of Domestic Animals I.
The SI program will expand to the PennWest Clarion-Venango campus to support Anatomy and
Physiology, part of the the associate degree program in nursing.
In addition to his work with SI, academic achievement specialist Tyton Brunner was recognized for
his work with foster youth at PennWest California. He received the statewide 2022 Paving the Way to
Educational Success Advocate Award.
STARFISH
Starfish software integration continues to progress. The roster verification component was launched
successfully, with 2,024 faculty surveys completed in Week 1. Faculty completed 1,513 progress
surveys in Week 4 and 1,240 in Week 10. Of those surveys, 28,205 provided positive feedback (grade
of A); 10,662 gave supportive feedback (grade of B), and 11,117 flags were raised for at-risk students
(grades of C, D, or F). These flags resulted in individualized outreach by Success Coaches; students
also were connected to other academic and wellness resources.
Faculty also used Starfish to make 88 referrals for students to seek assistance elsewhere on campus
and to give “Kudos” to 1,155 students for their good work in the classroom.
Starfish allows students to seek assistance, as well. This semester 120 students used the “Raise Your
Hand” feature to ask for general assistance, and 406 students made appointments with faculty
through the software. Starfish tracked 5,281 Success Coaching appointments, 638 tutoring
appointments, and 344 Writing Center appointments.
In addition:
• The software has led to more collaborative efforts with Academic Affairs, including the
implementation of a Faculty Senate Subcommittee to review emails and other
communications coming out of Starfish.
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The First Year Experience Committee is populating a Starfish Intervention Inventory to
collect all of the ways we currently assist students in succeeding.
PennWest is working with EAB to host a PASSHE-wide Starfish Summit in Spring 2023.

STUDENT SUPPORT
Success Coaches are finalizing new student schedules for Spring 2023 and will transition to
supporting our most at-risk populations through individual coaching appointments, workshops, and
other outreach as the semester begins.
In Fall 2022, Success Coaches met in person with 169 PASS (Probationary Assistance program)
students, and the six graduate-student Success Coaches at the California campus met with 163
Support 4 Success (S4S) conditional admit students. In both programs, students are expected to
attend weekly coaching sessions, a minimum of three success workshops chosen to meet their
specific support needs, and tutoring or SI for at least one course.
In all, 105 students (31%) completed the exit surveys. Of those, 67 students (63%) attended 11-15
weekly meetings; 66 students reported that the frequency of meetings was “just right” and 37 said
“more meetings” would improve the program. Of the 11 students who attended fewer than four
weekly meetings, the majority reported not understanding the need to meet.
An additional 52 students who appealed their suspension from Spring 2022 met weekly with Social
Work interns, attended mandatory financial literacy webinars, and met at midterms and finals with
the Director of Academic Initiatives or the Executive Director of Student Outreach and Success to
track progress during the Fall 2022 semester.
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Success Coaches organized Registration Ready events on all three campuses to prepare
students for their faculty advising appointments and connect them with offices where a
“hold” was preventing registration. Of the 475 students who attended, 92% registered for
Spring 2023 courses. The remaining 8% had financial holds that prevented registration.
Student Outreach and Success worked with Residence Life and Student Affairs staff on
“Operational Cupcake.” The event connected staff with residence hall students to talk
through registration hurdles and help make the connection between on-time registration and
securing on-campus housing.

Beginning in January, the Financial Aid Office will:
• Send out aid offers to students, reaching potential students months sooner than last year.
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Deploy the VirtualAdvisor chatbot, which can enable live chats during regular office hours.
Work toward creating a single PennWest Financial Aid Office for the 2023-2024 aid
year. Although phones will remain campus-specific, the office will have a single email
address: financialaid@pennwest.edu. Students also will have a single location where they can
electronically submit verification, satisfactory academic progress, and other financial aid
forms. Note: Some areas will still need to be processed by campus for the 2022-2023 aid year.

In October, Financial Aid’s slow season, staff at all campuses responded to more than 1,800 phone
calls. This does not include responding to emails, assisting walk-ins, or attending Preview Days.

GLOBAL EDUCATION
During the fall semester, 122 international students from 56 countries attended PennWest – 50 at
California, 12 at Clarion, and 60 at Edinboro. Business was their most popular major, with one in
four international students enrolled in some type of business degree program.
The majority of international students (78%) are undergraduates. With more classes moving online,
the main challenge this semester was ensuring that these students had at least 50% of their courses
face-to-face, to comply with federal F-1 regulations.
Although study abroad was suspended for 2022 following State Department and CDC travel guidance,
we will resume with programs in 2023.
Planning is underway for 2024 programs, with three programs approved and actively recruiting for
studies in Scandinavia, the British Isles, and London/Paris/Florence/Rome.
MILITARY AND VETERANS SUCCESS
Veterans and military-affiliated students made up 3.9% of PennWest’s student body in Fall 2022, a
percentage in line with national figures. Most popular majors include Exercise Science and related
fields; Criminal Justice/Legal Studies; Business fields (e.g., accounting, business administration,
finance, marketing); Arabic Language and Culture; Education; Computer Science and related fields;
and Nursing.
PennWest celebrated Veterans Day with a week of activities including:
• A proclamation by founding president Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson designating Nov. 7-11 as
Military and Veterans Appreciation Week.
• The 49th annual Veterans Dinner, Nov. 8 at PennWest California. Banners honoring veterans
were displayed throughout the week on campus and in town.
• ROTC-led flag-raising and -lowering ceremonies throughout the week at PennWest Clarion.
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“A History of Service: Saluting All Veterans,” Nov. 10 at PennWest Clarion-Venango.
A Veterans Day ceremony and reception, Nov. 11 at PennWest Edinboro.

PennWest is currently seeking a military/veteran recruiter who will be based at Clarion and serve as
the School Certifying Official (SCO) for the Clarion and Edinboro campuses. A recruitment plan
focused on veterans and military members has been developed; it includes a digital marketing
campaign, advertising in military publications and selected blogs/podcasts, a dedicated webpage,
social media promotion, and recruiting at key locations in Pennsylvania and beyond.
TUTORING AND TESTING
PennWest’s 78 peer tutors provided tutoring support for 242 courses during the fall semester, with
writing support offered for all courses. The university supplements peer tutoring with
SmartThinking, a professional online tutoring platform available 24/7. In all, students made 2,508
appointments with either a peer tutor or SmartThinking. Top subjects for tutoring requests were
writing support, math, biology, chemistry, and nursing.
An analysis across all PennWest campuses identified 275 repeat high-DFW courses; of those, 168
were offered during the fall semester. Those courses were targeted for tutoring, and a
communication campaign informed the 4,614 students enrolled in those classes about the tutoring
support available.
Students who received a D or F on at least one of the progress surveys also received emails and texts
about tutoring support from the Tutoring and Testing Office.
Once the staff receives final grades for Fall 2022 and census data for Spring 2023, they will:
• Compare students who received D/F grades on the progress surveys against the tutoring
report, to see who utilized tutoring and what final grade they received for the class.
• Compare the final grade for students in high-DFW courses who utilized tutoring vs. those
who did not.
• Examine retention rates for those who utilized tutoring vs. those who did not.
• Determine if there is a correlation between the number of tutoring sessions a student
attends and the student’s final grade.
Goals for the upcoming semesters are to obtain the College Reading and Learning Association
(CRLA) certification for all peer tutors, and to continue refining the course offerings for tutoring.
TRIO/STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES – California
TRIO hosted several events this semester, including:

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A meet-and-greet Sept. 1 to welcome new TRIO students to PennWest California, introduce
them to faculty and staff, and encourage them to connect with one another.
A financial literacy workshop Oct. 13, with Kelsey Meyers, assistant director of Financial Aid.
Topics included myths about financial aid, student dependency status, different types of
financial aid, and important deadlines. A question-and-answer session followed.
The #IAmFirst: First Generation Celebration, part of a nationwide celebration of firstgeneration college students. A staffer from U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s office attended the 57th
annual event – our first as PennWest! Students met with representatives of the TRIO Club and
Tri-Alpha honor society and learned more about TRIO mentors and other campus resources.

TRIO/STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES – Clarion
PennWest Clarion’s TRIO program currently serves 206 students. Summer orientation and fall
programming recorded 583 student contacts, as well as contacts with individual students. Successful
completion of the 2021-2022 Annual Performance Report resulted in $392,459 refunded for academic
year 2022-2023.
Although final data for 2021-2022 has not yet been submitted, we expect to report that first-tosecond-year persistence for TRIO students exceeds 91%; more than 92% of students were in good
academic standing; and bachelor’s degree attainment exceeded 50%.
Clarion’s Upward Bound program currently serves 89 students, with a roster of 94 anticipated by
March 2023. The program received $489,477 in funding through the U.S. Department of Education.
Talent Search (TS) Clarion was funded through a competitive grant process with the U.S.
Department of Education for five years, from 2022 to 2027. TS received $463,217 for the 2022-2023
program year, with total funds expected to reach $2.5 million in all. The program is funded to serve
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Each year, Pennsylvania Western University consciously expends funds for the betterment of faculty,
staff, students, and the university.
As called for by Act 188 of 1982, the Council of Trustees shall “review contracts and purchases
negotiated or awarded by the president, including any contract or purchase reports, with or without
competitive bidding and all contracts for consultative services entered by the president.”
For the period of July 21 through November 20, 2022, a total of $21,825,171 was recorded. Purchases
and contracts with a value over $21,900 totaled $18,811,098; purchases and contracts valued at
$21,900 and under totaled $3,014,073. Reference the Finance and Facilities Appendix for a summary
of purchases and contracts over $21,900.

Submitted with this quarterly report are the Audited Financial Statements for the periods ending June
30, 2022 and 2021, prepared by CliftonLarsonAllen.

FISCAL AFFAIRS
Accounting
The accounting team is nearly finished closing out the three individual business areas for California,
Clarion, and Edinboro, which will allow them to bring balances into one PennWest business area.
Duties and procedures continue to be refined within the accounting departments as we continue to
streamline processes, accounts, and contracts.
Financial Planning and Analysis
The Financial Planning and Analysis office completed the PASSHE CPP report in September. The
team is currently working with the Vice President for Finance and the Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer to pull data on all current vacancies. The team continues to work with the
Regional Procurement Office (RPO) to close out all commitments that carried over into the new
fiscal year.
Student Accounts
The team’s biggest accomplishment since September was completing the OneSIS project, creating a
single student information system – a project two-and-a-half years in the making. Student Accounts
added additional payment plan options to give students the ability to pay weekly, bi-weekly, or
monthly. The team now is preparing for spring billing and sending out our first 1098T tax form as
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ITS)
In October, PennWest completed migration of the student information system to the Ellucian cloud
as part of the OneSIS project. PennWest was the first PASSHE university to implement the OneSIS
environment. Ellucian now will manage upgrades and system performance, freeing our in-house
resources to better serve our students, faculty, and staff.
Our first Cyber Security Assessment and Advanced Authentication Implementation was completed
as an integrated university. This assessment is required by PASSHE and is necessary to assure our
cyber security fitness. PennWest also implemented advanced authentication measures to protect
against ransomware and other malicious attacks. To enhance protection, this authentication
includes number matching and geolocation in its multifactor authentication.
The ITS team has begun decommissioning redundant and legacy servers as we realize efficiencies
from the PennWest consolidation. These efforts will reduce both hardware replacement costs and
the labor needed to support these systems.
Building demolition has begun on the Clarion and California campuses. To prepare for those
projects, IT Services relocated classrooms and labs and removed existing technology from Carrier
Hall at Clarion, and from Azorsky and Keystone halls at California.
ADMINISTRATION
Facilities/Construction and Planning – PennWest California
This quarter the facilities/construction and planning team at the California campus:
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Repaired boiler valves and associated piping at Manderino Library, per the state inspector’s
report.
Repaired and replaced a 6-inch watermain water shutoff and associated pit piping to
Roadman Park/Adamson Stadium.
Identified 70 items for repair on the campus; remediation is 90% complete.
Repaired/replaced three damaged curb drains and catch basins on Third Street.
Replaced 300 engraved pavers around campus.
Selected DRAW Collective as the design professional for the
new science building.
Is preparing to select a professional for the boiler house
upgrade, a state Department of General Services (DGS) project.

In addition, the demolition of Azorsky and Keystone halls – a DGS
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Azorsky Demolition

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Facilities/Construction and Planning – PennWest Clarion
This quarter the facilities/construction and planning team at the California campus:
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Replaced the Givan steam vault and
mechanicals.
Replaced a damaged storm drain line at the
Memorial Stadium parking lot and
reconnected it to the Clarion Borough
stormwater system.
Addressed campus sidewalk trip hazards to
improve safety.
Relocated occupants of Carrier Hall in
preparation for demolition of the building.

In addition, the DGS demolition and renovation of
Egbert Hall is underway.

Givan Steam Vault Before

Givan Steam Vault After

Facilities/Construction and Planning – PennWest Edinboro
This quarter the facilities/construction and planning team at the Edinboro campus:
• Updated data for input into Asset Essentials, the new work order system, anticipating a golive date in January 2023. This system will be utilized by all campus locations.
• Made winter preparations, including winterizing chillers,
mounting snowplows and salt spreaders on trucks, and
removing awnings at Sox Harrison stadium.
• Substantially completed the HVAC upgrades at McNerney
Hall.
In addition, construction continues on the Baron-Forness Library, a
DGS project, and the DGS demolition project is preparing to go out to
bid. Projected start date is May 2023.

Baron - Forness Library Renovation

Safety and Risk Management
The team completed preliminary evaluations of each campus’s art collection to establish inventory
and value for renewal of the commonwealth's Fine Arts Insurance Policy.
The inspection and testing of emergency eyewash/safety showers, annual evacuation drills of all
academic and administrative buildings, and a second round of evacuation drills for all residence halls
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Testing of the emergency alert systems at the California and Edinboro campuses has been completed.
Clarion’s designated campus emergency management coordinator will test the campus alert system
at a later date.
The team worked with Liberty Mutual, the commonwealth's large-loss insurance carrier, to complete
campus loss-prevention site visits. We continue to work with campus departments to complete
corrective actions.
The Safety and Risk Management team and designated campus emergency management coordinators
have begun to develop an integrated Emergency Operations Plan. Meanwhile, the team continues to
improve compliance with regulatory requirements, laws, standards, and best practices to improve
overall safety and reduce risk at PennWest.
Most recently, the team assisted PennWest California with recovery efforts after a hailstorm that
resulted in widespread damage to the campus.

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FUNDRAISING
Fundraising for PennWest campuses was strong in the first half of the fiscal year. The VSE cash total
for fundraising from alumni and friends was $3,110,871 in FY 22-23 (as of December 2022). This
exceeds the PennWest five-year averages for the same period each year. Unaudited totals for each
campus are:
• Clarion – $1,334,737
• California – $1,037,449
• Edinboro — $738,685
The number of total PennWest donors, 2,746 (as of December 2022), also meets five-year averages.
Among other transactions this quarter, the PennWest fundraising team has received or closed:
• A $623,000 realized bequest at PennWest Clarion to benefit education and athletics
scholarships.
• A $279,000 realized bequest at PennWest Edinboro to benefit student scholarships.
• A $250,000 donation at PennWest California to benefit student scholarships and internship
opportunities for students.
• A $100,000 donation at PennWest California to benefit a student scholarship.
Additional fundraising strategies included:
• Increased and developed athletics fundraising programs on each campus.
• Increased solicitations and closed gifts for student retention purposes.
• Created strategic prospect and donor cultivation activities and contacts.
• Engaged individuals, corporations, and organizations in fundraising solicitations.
• Worked with PennWest administration, faculty, and staff on fundraising projects.
DONOR RELATIONS
Advancement staff collaborated with our respective foundations to distribute the annual endowment
reports. The Clarion and Edinboro foundations sent reports to their donors at year’s end; the
California foundation sent its report in early January. In addition, staff continued to increase the
number of stewardship opportunities, programs, and events for donors.
ANNUAL GIVING
To promote annual giving, the team created and scheduled appeals targeted to alumni affinity
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support student scholarships, academic programs, and athletics programs. A new Day of Giving has
been set for April 28, 2023, with challenge programs planned for each campus.

ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT
The total number of living alumni on record at PennWest (as of 12/22) is 188,444.
• Clarion — 60,881
• Edinboro — 64,835
• California — 62,728
The data includes graduates through Spring 2022. In all, about 67% of alumni (126,868) have
Pennsylvania addresses.
Signature Events
2022 Homecoming festivities were completed successfully, with attendance comparable to prepandemic numbers on each campus. Each celebration focused on campus traditions and identity,
with key events, activities, and schedules similar to past years. The Class of 1972 marked its 50th
reunion with athletic and affinity group celebrations on each campus.
The alumni engagement team worked to support one other, meet alumni of each campus, and
develop an appreciation of the unique events and traditions at each. AVP Amanda Sissem assessed
core events on each campus and identified alumni panels/networking events aligned to career
readiness objectives as a possible addition in 2023.
Official Homecoming dates for 2023 are:
• Edinboro — Sept. 30
• Clarion — Oct. 7
• California — Oct. 14
Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Clarion University Alumni Association, with support from alumni engagement staff, recognized
four distinguished alumni, one distinguished faculty member, and one distinguished service award
recipient at a dinner on Sept. 30.
Edinboro’s Distinguished Alumni Award event is scheduled for March 30; this year it will incorporate
a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Alumni Award. Nominations are now open for both award categories.
California’s alumni and Jennie A. Carter awards event is scheduled for April 15.

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Athletic Hall of Fame Awards
The Edinboro Athletic Hall of Fame Awards event was held Oct. 28. Seven former student-athletes
and two athletics advocates were honored; one distinguished service award and one lifetime
achievement award were presented.
California’s Athletic Hall of Fame Awards are scheduled for April 22, and Clarion’s Sports Hall of
Fame awards are set for April 28.
University-Wide Alumni Events
PennWest has scheduled three all-campus alumni events in spring/summer 2023:
• March 12: PennWest Pittsburgh Pirates spring training event at LECOM Stadium in
Bradenton, Fla.
• March 26: PennWest Night with the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in
Cleveland, Ohio.
• July 28: PennWest Alumni Day and Pirates game at PNC Park.
Initiatives and Associations
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Staff transitions have occurred; the goal is to refill the positions of Research and Reporting
Manager (management tech) and Alumni Engagement Manger (California campus).
VP Jim Geiger is working with the Edinboro Foundation and Edinboro’s alumni association to
update the affiliates’ memoranda of understanding.
The print edition of a winter magazine is in production on each campus. The goal is to
transition to more print editions, with one each in FY24.
Contracts and access to the DonorSearch wealth management screening software and
LiveAlumni alumni employment data tracking software were expanded to all campuses in an
effort to align tools and strategies. PennWest is negotiating a contract with Blackbaud for a
central donor/alumni database, and with all three affiliate foundations for consulting to
integrate our systems, with the goal to of beginning preliminary work this spring.
The VSE, an annual benchmark report for the field of higher education advancement, was
completed and submitted successfully for all campuses.
Processing at the Edinboro campus has been successfully shifted to the Edinboro University
Foundation.
Advancement Services launched a new project management system in October to manage
and track alumni/donor data requests on all campuses.

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Advancement Services and our foundations collaborated with the Financial Aid Office to
export data on more than 1,000 fundraised scholarships for inclusion in the new NextGen
scholarship management system.

GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS (as of Dec. 22, 2022)
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Open grants (88 awards)
o $36,570,092 total PennWest ($29,694,651 state/federal; $6,875,441 private)
▪ $20,602,061 California campus
▪ $11,827,612 Clarion campus
▪ $4,140,419 Edinboro campus
Pending grants (17 applications)
o $7,969,676 total PennWest
▪ $1,035,416 California campus
▪ $5,017,000 Clarion campus
▪ $1,917,260 Edinboro campus
Grants in the news
o https://www.pennwest.edu/news/edinboro-beehive-wins-pair-of-regional-marketingawards
o https://www.pennwest.edu/news/plcb-grants-to-fund-prevention-efforts-at-pennwest
Office updates
o The search for a Director of Grants and Special Projects remains in process.
o PennWest is represented on a shared services subcommittee with IUP’s Research
Institute (IUP-RI) and Commonwealth University to develop common policies and
procedures related to grants. The group has drafted a new policy and procedure for
time and effort reporting for faculty and staff who are working on grants.
o PennWest’s organizational chart and grant reviewers/approvers list was submitted to
IUP-RI to upload into the new Kuali grants management system.
o Training on PennWest grant processes and resources was moved to Spring 2023, to
align with the announcement of a new director.

ENROLLMENT MARKETING
Brand awareness has been the focus of our marketing since Spring 2022. The team will continue its
focus on brand awareness, while simultaneously intensifying our enrollment marketing.

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The first four months of PennWest’s soft-launch campaign generated 69 million impressions, which
means our ads were seen 69 million times. During that same time frame, the ads generated 167,548
conversions, meaning that viewers of our ads took some action, such as clicking on a link or
requesting more information. PennWest’s advertising is consistently outperforming industry
benchmarks.
The university’s “Here for It” campaign will launch in January. This campaign was informed by
months of discovery by VisionPoint, our agency of record, in a process that included:
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A brand and marketing audit.
Competitor and peer research.
Discovery questionnaire review.
A market brand perception study that provided data from more than 7,000 respondents,
including 170 prospective students, 1,045 current students, 430 faculty and staff, 943
community members, and 4,523 alumni.
Listening tour sessions (20+) with the Marketing, Admissions, and Advancement teams, as
well as other faculty and staff.
Visits to all three campuses by VisionPoint staff.
A four-hour brand workshop with key stakeholders, including students, faculty, and staff.

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Marketing Assets – A Preview
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Brand Positioning

In addition, a new video speaks directly to those who question the value of higher education.
Website
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Our work with the idfive agency continues. We remain on track for a late Fall 2023 launch of
an integrated website, a Global Online subdomain, and a PennWest intranet.
We continue to work with colleagues across campus to build out our intermediate site at
pennwest.edu. Recent additions include search functionality, Honors pages, various landing
pages for advertising campaigns, on-campus graduate program pages, and policy pages.
We continue to keep our three legacy campus sites current as much as possible.

Campus Signage
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Internal branding continues. Work on the Clarion campus Global Online space and the RLA
space in Cranberry Township is complete.
We continue to work with PennDOT to have highway signs updated and replaced. Progress is
being made. All work should be completed this spring.
Exterior campus signage will be tied to master space planning.

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Student Recruitment
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An admissions mail flow aimed at prospective and admitted PennWest students has been
deployed, with a plan in place to create a more robust mail flow for parents. PennWest will
step up its communications to admitted students to keep them engaged and keep in touch
with guidance counselors to ensure they’re informed about PennWest. To this end, we
partnered with Admissions on a December virtual Q&A event with guidance counselors.

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To raise the visibility of PennWest Global Online, we will be intensifying awareness
advertising in the new calendar year. Key staff positions have been adjusted to better align
Global Online marketing with website strategy. Jeff Bender, formerly executive director for
digital communications (website), is now serving as executive director for Global Online
marketing. Jeff brings a breadth of experience in writing, social media, web, SEO, and digital
marketing to his new role. Chris Loveland, formerly director of digital strategy, replaces Jeff
as executive director for digital communications. Chris has extensive experience managing
website redesign projects and running web operations.

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Deployment of our GO ad strategy continues. We promoted the launch of PennWest’s
partnership with the Commonwealth, which provides all Pennsylvania state employees with
a 20% discount on all online graduate and undergraduate programs.

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The marketing team is capitalizing on Dr. Dale’s awards and
recognitions to position PennWest as a top choice for excellence
in higher education. A recent example is this ad for City & State
magazine, which recently named Dr. Dale one of Pennsylvania’s
most influential women leaders.

Highlights for the quarter included the launch of a news site at
pennwest.edu/news, sortable by campus. The communications
team also launched PennWest e-news, a weekly digest of
newsworthy information for all of PennWest, and for each
campus, that is emailed directly to all faculty, staff, students, and key stakeholders. On average, each
email is opened by 7,500 to 8,000 unique readers, with 10,000 to 13,000 total “opens” per email.
PennWest eNews Statistics (Oct. 1-Dec. 19, 2022):

Work is underway to produce three campus magazines in Spring 2023. Alumni focus groups have
been consulted on the design, which will be guided by our own in-house team. Shared content will

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focus on “meeting workforce needs” and key online programs. Other pages will focus on campusspecific features, profiles, and achievements.
The communications team also focused on the major events of Homecoming and Commencement.
Posts about graduation ceremonies, our first as PennWest, were well received on social media. The
top Facebook posts had reaches of 11,000 to 13,000 users.
PennWest’s Facebook and Instagram accounts continue to grow. From Nov. 21-Dec. 19, statistics
showed:
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Page Reach: 47,784
Instagram Reach: 6,539
Facebook Visits: 894
Instagram Visits: 321

LinkedIn has been building its audience and finding success with
a blend of organic and paid content — a partnership between
Marketing, Communications, and the President’s Office. Dr.
Dale’s LinkedIn page has become a hub for positive university
news, and she has become an industry mentor through her
higher-education content.

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The People and Culture Taskforce is composed of faculty, staff, and administrators encompassing
various constituencies on PennWest’s three campuses. The taskforce is charged with assessing
activities, events, and programs related to PennWest’s culture and making recommendations to the
Executive Leadership Cabinet. Specifically, that taskforce will:
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Conduct an analysis of employees’ perceptions of the university’s work culture, wellness
programming, and leadership development.
Identify and recommend best practices to attract, develop, motivate, and retain high
performing employees; promote a positive and healthy work environment; and invest in the
learning and development of our employees.

The People and Culture Taskforce met regularly throughout the Fall 2022 semester. Listening
sessions helped drive the following initiatives:
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A PennWest employee directory went live in November and is available at
https://peoplefinder.pennwest.edu/. Please note that because of privacy guidelines, students
are not included in this directory. A student directory is available to all employees through
mypennwest.edu.
Organizational charts were shared with the campus community in November and are
available at pennwest.edu.
A PennWest Forms and Policies SharePoint went live in December and is accessible to
faculty and staff. This resource provides:
o Quick links to university policies, the employee directory, IT services, the PASSHE ESS
Portal, our university’s organizational charts, and more. (Based on employee feedback,
university policies now are housed at pennwest.edu, as well.)
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Information organized by university division, including contact lists, how-to guides,
important forms, email and PowerPoint templates, and other helpful tools. Highlights
include tutorials on how to add or remove a hold, plus the undergraduate and graduate
catalogs (Academic Affairs); travel forms and facilities work order requests (Finance);
brand style guides and logos (Advancement); the 2023 holiday schedule (Human
Resources); and Behavioral Intervention Team referral forms (Institutional Effectiveness,
Student Affairs and University Police).

In Spring 2023, the taskforce will create three sub-committees to focus on the key areas of employee
morale, employee recognition, and work-life balance. The work of the sub-committees will be
refined this spring, but overarching goals will include:

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Collect feedback from employees across all three campuses through mini-surveys, focus
groups, in-person listening sessions, and other means.
Identify areas for improvement using the data collected.
Recommend proposed solutions.
Create an action plan with key initiatives, success measures, ownership, and timelines for
implementation and completion.

PennWest, in alignment with PASSHE, is participating in the Fund Pennsylvania’s Future campaign.
The campaign advocates for state investment to provide PASSHE with an inflationary funding
increase to keep tuition affordable for students and a targeted investment to educate students for
careers in high-demand fields, strengthening Pennsylvania’s workforce and economy.
For FY 2023-24, PASSHE’s Board of Governors is seeking:
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An Education and General (E&G) appropriation of $573.5 million, a $21 million (3.8%)
inflationary increase over FY 2021-22.
New line-item funding of $112 million to be distributed by the System to the universities
according to the number of enrollments necessary to meet the commonwealth’s need for
graduates entering high-demand career fields.

The campaign’s goal is to position PennWest and PASSHE as high-quality, affordable options to meet
the state’s growing talent demand and to secure impactful state investment. This includes keeping
tuition affordable, removing financial barriers for students, and increasing high-demand
credentials.
The campaign’s objectives include:
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In collaboration university leadership, students, faculty, staff, trustees, and supporters of
PASSHE, promote the power and promise of PASSHE by highlighting how PASSHE
strengthens Pennsylvania’s workforce and economy by contributing more graduates and
closing Pennsylvania’s talent gap.

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Tell our story by helping elected leaders and the broader community understand that an
investment in PASSHE is an investment in our communities, our state, and our shared future.
Provide opportunities for trustees, students, alumni, and faculty to connect with elected
officials to share their stories and act as champions on behalf of PASSHE universes.

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The campaign will evolve from now until mid-January 2023. At the start of the spring semester, the
Fund PASSHE’s Future campaign will officially launch and continue through at least June 30, 2023.

Last winter PASSHE administered a campus climate survey to all State System schools in order to
gather baseline information about the experiences of students, faculty, and staff around issues of
diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI).
In addition to the System-level results available online, each school received a university-level
campus climate report to use in its DEI efforts. PennWest is examining this data through the lens of
its guiding principles: We advocate for all members of our community, and We empower and invest in our
people and culture. We expect the survey results to inform actions that improve the PennWest
experience for both students and employees.
A summary of the survey’s findings has been published on the State System’s website, and data from
the survey is now available on the System’s data page (passhe.edu/systemdata). This includes data
that can be sorted by university. A copy of the summary is attached at the end of this report.
Here is what we have done with the survey findings so far, and what you can expect in the weeks
ahead:
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PennWest’s DEI Office has reviewed and analyzed the survey results from our three
campuses and created an executive summary.
That summary was shared with the Executive Leadership Team and will be presented to our
trustees during the information session prior to the quarterly meeting.
Summary findings also will be shared with various stakeholder groups including Faculty
Senate, University Leadership Council, bargaining unit leaders, and the People and Culture
Taskforce.
We will host campus information sessions to share highlights of the PennWest survey
results and outline the university’s next steps. These sessions will be held in person on each
campus, as well as on Zoom. Follow-up sessions will be organized, as needed, for campus
community groups.
During the spring semester, a committee with members from all three campuses will develop
an action plan based on the survey findings and stakeholders’ feedback.

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The DEI Strategic Planning and Employee Planning committees will use the survey results to help
identify strengths, challenges, and initiatives that can be articulated into long-term goals and
specific strategies for reaching them.

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Summary of all purchases and contracts:
Total Purchases Over (>) $21,900
Total Purchases Equal to or Less Than (=<) $21,900
GRAND TOTAL

$ 18,811,098
$ 3,014,073
$ 21,825,171

8/10/2022

8461200001.10

3900011837

H F Lenz Co

PA

CL-Venango West End Pond Study

$28,881

8/25/2022

8463100001.10

3900011868

East West Manufacturing & Supply

PA

CA-Building E Cooling Tower Construction

8/30/2022

8461100003.10

3900011881

Desmone and Associates

PA

CA-Vulcan Hall Stair Replacement

10/11/2022

8461200006.10

3900011949

Fred L. Burns, Inc.

PA

CL-Givan Hall New Steam

$145,000

10/12/2022

8461200006.10

3900011953

Fred L. Burns, Inc.

PA

CL-Givan Hall New Steam HVAC

$288,662

$400,956
$24,000

TOTAL:

$887,498

7/21/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500674723

Intertech Security

PA

Support Contract Cameras/Door Access

$151,450

7/21/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500674752

ReUp Education

TX

Student Re-Entry Services

$350,000

7/22/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500674849

GovConnection, Inc.

MD

Renewal of Fortinac Support Contract

7/25/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500675024

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Marketing

7/26/2022

Grounds-CL

4500675074

AGSALT Processing LLC.

PA

Bag Salt for Grounds Fy23

$28,941

7/27/2022

Student Accounts

4500675233

Coast Professional, Inc.

NY

Student Loan Collection Services

$25,000

7/27/2022

Student Accounts

4500675232

Williams & Fudge, Inc.

SC

Student Loan Collection Service

$30,000

7/27/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500675194

EAB Global, Inc.

DC

Adult Learner Recruitment Grad Prog.

8/1/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500675457

Presidio Networked Solutions

VA

SMARTnet Maintenance Software

$54,324

8/1/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500675458

Presidio Networked Solutions

VA

Renewal of Managed Services Contract

$66,256

8/1/2022

Sports Info-ED

4500675459

A-L Tier II/SIDEARM Sports

TX

Edinboro Athletics Website

$30,875

8/2/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500675583

Watermark Insights, LLC

NY

Course Evaluation Solution

$36,200

8/3/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500675732

AEC Group, LLC

PA

AEC ArubaCare Renewal

$38,921

$36,277
$691,000

$344,923

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8/4/2022

Health Center-CL

4500675810

UPMC Health Plan, Inc.

PA

Student Health Center Services CL

$747,948

8/5/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500675879

Dell Marketing, L.P.

TX

DELL Catalog

$23,907

8/5/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500675923

Concept3D

CO

Software for Virtual Campus Tours

$64,000

8/5/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500675919

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

AVI-SPL - AV Equipment CL

$81,000

8/7/2022

Chemistry

4500675825

Shimadzu Scientific

MD

Chemistry Laboratory Equipment

$50,995

8/8/2022

Communications

4500676021

Merit Pages, Inc.

NY

Achievement Annual Subscription

$24,000

8/9/2022

Safety & Risk Mgt-CA

4500676181

Omnilert, LLC

VA

Omnilert Emergency Notification Sys.

$23,423

8/11/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500676377

McGraw-Hill Education

NY

Placement Assessment Testing

8/11/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500676336

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

Audio Visual Equipment

$43,340

8/11/2022

Sidewalk Safe & Repair CL

4500676366

Precision Safe Sidewalks, LLC

DC

Sidewalk Safety Repair Project CL

$54,237

8/11/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500676336

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

Audio Visual Equip. Computing Labs

$81,000

8/12/2022

Network & Telecom

4500676493

Pomeroy Technologies, LLC

PA

Cisco SMARTnet Support Service

$25,643

8/12/2022

Career & Prof Devel

4500676500

Stryder Corp.

CA

Handshake Career Platform Premium

$41,199

8/15/2022

Upward Bound Fayette 21/22

4500676605

Dell Marketing, L.P.

TX

DELL Catalog

$24,335

8/16/2022

Student Aux Ops

4500676716

Daktronics

SD

Service Agreement for Video Displays

$47,740

8/16/2022

Library-CL

4500676701

OCLC, Inc.

OH

Cataloging and Metadata Subscriptions

$95,856

8/17/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500676891

Knepper Press

PA

Printing/Mailing Services for PennWest

$550,500

8/25/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500677788

Dell Marketing, L.P.

TX

DELL Catalog

$33,495

8/25/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500677787

Dell Marketing, L.P.

TX

DELL

$38,251

8/26/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500677840

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Marketing Media General Enrollment

$1,261,575

8/26/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500677840

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Marketing Media Global Online

$2,047,425

8/29/2022

Hand-in-Hand

4500677997

KinderCare Learning Centers

OR

Child Care Services

$47,171

8/29/2022

Dining Hall-CL

4500677970

Curran-Taylor, Inc.

PA

Food Services Equipment for Clarion

$31,187

8/30/2022

Custodial Svcs-CL

4500678178

UniqueSource

PA

Venango Custodial Services

8/31/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500678257

Oracle America, Inc.

CA

Oracle Support Services

8/31/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500678336

Campus Works, Inc.

FL

Consulting Services Fin. Aid/OneSIS

8/31/2022

Hand-in-Hand

4500678226

Village of FPC

PA

Child Care Services

$39,814

8/31/2022

Convo Center-CA

4500678302

Toolfetch LLC

TX

Sumner Eventer 25 Stage Lift

$25,508

9/1/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500678464

Strata Information Group, Inc.

CA

Banner Student Technical Cons. Svc.

9/1/2022

Advancement Svcs

4500678456

Blackbaud, Inc.

SC

Alumni/Donor Records Software

$46,082

9/1/2022

Chemistry

4500678467

MR Resources, Inc.

MA

Lab Equip. Maintenance Agreement

$69,237

9/2/2022

PA Thrive Targeted Mgmt.

4500678574

Foothold Technology Holdings

NY

Electronic Medical Records Software

$81,600

$210,000

$110,630
$36,229
$707,070

$256,233

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9/6/2022

Provost

4500678739

Hanover Research Council

VA

Higher Ed Custom Research Queues

$42,500

9/6/2022

Admissions

4500678734

Knepper Press

PA

Knepper - Mail Flow Postage

9/8/2022

Library-CA

4500678988

EBSCO Industries, Inc.

AL

Sage Premier All Access Collection

9/12/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500679129

ePlus Technology, Inc.

VA

Flex Phone Services CAL

9/13/2022

Financial Aid

4500678567

NGWeb Solutions, LLC

FL

Scholarship Management Software

9/15/2022

Network & Telecom

4500679699

Lumen Technologies

LA

Network Connectivity

9/21/2022

Library-ED

4500680246

Ithaka Harbors, Inc.

NY

JSTOR Jrnl/Primary Source Collections

$79,917

9/23/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500680507

IBM Corporation

NY

IBM Statistics Standard Campus Edition

$85,650

9/27/2022

Safety & Risk Mgt-CA

4500680742

ABCO Fire Protection, Inc.

PA

Sprinkler Inspection

$42,000

9/30/2022

Print Svcs-CA

4500681141

Canon Solutions America, Inc.

PA

Canon Copier Fleet CAL

9/30/2022

Reinhard Villages-CL

4500681140

Whitesky Communications

TX

Internet Services

$31,677

9/30/2022

Parking-CA

4500681068

Mid Mon Valley Transit Auth.

PA

Student Transportation Services CAL

$99,500

10/3/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500681183

Dell Marketing, L.P.

TX

Technology Lease (PO Migration)

$85,806

10/3/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500674125

Ruffalo Noel Levitz, LLC

IA

RNL Class Optimizer

10/3/2022

Housing-Maint-ED

4500681217

Wm. T. Spaeder Co., Inc.

PA

Inspection and Repairs of Sprinklers

$25,000

10/3/2022

Student Center-CL

4500681199

Dagostino Electronic Services

PA

Auditorium AV System Upgrade CL

$38,021

10/4/2022

Building E Water Damage

4500681335

Firewater Response, LLC

PA

Water Mitigation Service

$45,988

10/6/2022

Safety & Risk Mgt-CA

4500681562

Johnson Controls Fire Protect.

PA

Fire Alarm Systems Testing CAL

$47,335

10/6/2022

Safety & Rsk Mgmt.-CL

4500681563

Johnson Controls Fire Protect.

PA

Fire Alarm Systems Testing CL

$51,210

10/6/2022

Main St Suites-CL

4500681563

Johnson Controls Fire Protect.

PA

Fire Alarm Systems Testing CL

$34,080

10/6/2022

Reinhard Villages-CL

4500681563

Johnson Controls Fire Protect.

PA

Fire Alarm Systems Testing CL

$26,025

10/6/2022

Monessen Positive Action Tm

4500681624

Darla R. Holmes

PA

Program Coordinator

$52,000

10/7/2022

Parking-CA

4500681672

Mid Mon Valley Transit Auth.

PA

Transportation Services CAL

$321,668

10/12/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500682071

niche.com

PA

Student Recruitment Services

$59,990

10/13/2022

Chemistry

4500682167

Airgas USA, LLC

PA

Helium & Nitrogen for Labs

$38,340

10/13/2022

Still Hall Halon KY19 CL

4500682254

ABCO Fire Protection, Inc.

PA

Fire Protection Replace Halon System

$60,150

10/14/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500682288

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Billboard Change for PennWest

$38,675

10/17/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500682390

TouchNet Information Sys.

KS

Annual Subscription/ACH Validation

$219,200

10/17/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500682385

Technolutions, Inc.

CT

Customer Relations Mgt. Services

$100,000

10/17/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500682404

The Parish Group

NC

Admissions Marketing & List Purchases

$153,000

10/20/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500682749

Dude Solutions, Inc.

NC

Facilities Management Work Order Sys.

$114,214

10/20/2022

Dean, Education

4500682787

Campus Labs, Inc.

NY

Portfolio and Engage Software

$500,000
$45,517
$221,904
$79,000
$178,200

$543,319

$394,453

$45,448

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10/20/2022

VP Enrollment Mgmt.

4500675340

Powerschool Holdings LLC

CA

Intersect Student Recruitment Platform

$149,467

10/21/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500682886

GreyCastle Security

NY

Security Incident Response Service

$39,900

10/21/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500682842

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Advertising for PennWest

$28,000

10/21/2022

Enrollment Marketing

4500682843

Visionpoint Marketing, LLC

NC

Military/Veteran Marketing Campaign

$54,070

10/25/2022

Health Center-CA

4500683120

Washington Physician Svcs.

PA

Student Medical Services for CAL

$30,000

10/25/2022

Soccer-W-CL

4500683118

Fullington Trailways LLC

PA

Transportation for Fall Sports CL

$21,937

10/25/2022

Volleyball-W-CL

4500683118

Fullington Trailways LLC

PA

Transportation for Fall Sports CL

$25,167

10/28/2022

West Integration Plan.

4500683398

Aspect Consulting, Inc.

PA

Banner Consulting Services/Integration

10/28/2022

Reinhard Villages-CL

4500683385

Servco Services, Inc.

PA

Reinhard Villages - Janitorial Services

$59,100

11/1/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500683675

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

A/V Equipment

$29,270

11/1/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500683676

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

A/V Equipment

$29,570

11/1/2022

Tech Fee Projects

4500683677

AVI-SPL LLC

FL

A/V Equipment

$88,087

11/1/2022

VP Student Affairs

4500683673

EAB Global, Inc.

DC

Student Affairs Forum Service Contract

$94,575

11/7/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500684095

Ellucian Company L.P.

VA

Banner Software Configuration/Maint.

$500,000

11/7/2022

Softball-W-CL

4500684169

Fullington Trailways LLC

PA

Bus Team Travel Winter/Spring

$35,920

11/7/2022

Wrestling-M-CL

4500684169

Fullington Trailways LLC

PA

Bus Team Travel Athletics Department

$37,109

11/8/2022

Network & Telecom

4500684189

AEC Group, LLC

PA

Aruba Clear Pass Software ED

$23,085

11/8/2022

Grounds-CL

4500684275

Deere and Company

NC

John Deere-Utility Tractor CL

$36,324

11/9/2022

IT Maintenance & Con.

4500684370

TouchNet Information Sys.

KS

Bill Payment Center/ Marketplace

11/9/2022

Library-CA

4500684369

EBSCO Industries, Inc.

AL

ScienceDirect Online College Edition

11/15/2022

Admissions

4500684828

College Board

NY

Student Search Services

$75,000

11/15/2022

PennWest Website

4500684829

IDFIVE, LLC

MD

Website Design Services

$894,255

11/17/2022

Accounting

4500685041

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

PA

Financial & Audit Services CAL

11/17/2022

OneSIS Project

4500685021

Ellucian Company L.P.

VA

OneSIS Software - Integration

$241,291

$1,261,000
$230,526

$43,424
$1,091,938

TOTAL:

50

$17,923,60
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