Presidential Blog

Nora O’Toole

UPUA President

Nora O’Toole (she/her) is a fourth-year student majoring in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations with a concentration in Geopolitcs.

The idea of UPUA Presidential Blogs originated from Sydney Gibbard, 17th Assembly UPUA President, with the goal of breaking down complex University topics so that the information is more accessible for students to inform and strengthen advocacy. Many times when we advocate for projects, knowledge of University operations is a big barrier for us to be able to make informed asks, and sometimes only student government leaders have access to that valuable information.

At UPUA, we strongly believe that it is our duty to disseminate the resources and knowledge we have to empower other students to be advocates as well and level the playing field.

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Blog #19-2 Student Support Spaces on Campus

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Blog #19-1 A Message from Vice President Elwakil

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Owen Haddad: The Inaugural Recipient of the Jason and Julia Borrelli Family UPUA Leadership Scholarship

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Projects That Worked Series: Aligning University Investments with the Culture Movement

Over the last two decades, the world has seen a huge cultural shift to be focusing on issues such as sustainability, social impact, supporting marginalized communities, and more. This cultural shift has manifested itself in many ways across all levels of corporate, social, and educational leadership.

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Fairer Funding? Sign the petition.

If you think this doesn’t affect you, it does. And it will continue to do so if we don’t fight for Penn State together.

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University Budgeting and Finances: What About Athletics?

Why does our football coach get paid so much when we say we have a budget deficit? Does my tuition pay for athletics teams?

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University Budgeting and Finances: The University’s Money

Where does the University's money come from? How do they make decisions on what to spend it on?

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University Budgeting and Finances: Your Costs

What do you pay to Penn State as a student? Who makes the decisions on what those rates are? What do students have a say in?