WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Pennsylvania College of Technology has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for being one of the nearly 400 institutions nationwide designated as 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting.
The designation identifies colleges and universities making intentional efforts to increase student voter participation and nonpartisan student democratic engagement.
Penn College joins a group of 394 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for:
· Participating in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.
· Sharing 2020 National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) Reports with campus voting data with ALL IN.
· Developing and submitting a 2022 democratic engagement action plan with ALL IN.
· Having a current signatory to ALL IN’s Higher Education Presidents’ Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation.
“We are proud to be among the colleges and universities recognized nationwide for nonpartisan student engagement and participation in the electoral process,” said Elliott Strickland, vice president for student affairs. “Student Affairs and the Office of Student Engagement at Penn College have committed to developing our students’ sense of civic engagement, and participating in this challenge provides resources and other educational pieces to support that effort.”
“College student voter turnout has increased since 2016, and this increase has been driven by students,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is excited to expand our ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll to recognize these student voting champions across the country.
“These students registered voters, served on their campus voting coalitions, spearheaded voter education efforts, advocated for campus polling locations and organized other voter engagement efforts to ensure their peers were confident and informed voters.”
“We are excited to launch our next set of goals for Penn College’s Democratic Engagement Action Plan,” shared Allison Bressler Grove, director of student engagement. “We are going to be focusing on providing students context for the impact of current events in real-time and promoting the engagement of students in civic life and citizenship by emphasizing opportunities to support change through partnership and being an informed citizen. We look forward to partnering with the campus community to accomplish these goals.”
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge currently engages more than nine million students from more than 950 institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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