An Open Letter to the Penn State Board of Trustees

21 April 2025

Dear Penn State Board of Trustees,

We write to acknowledge and thank Trustees Jay Paterno and Ted Brown, along with their coauthors of the April 18th op-ed piece entitled "'Abandoning Our Soul Should Not Be an Option.' Closing Campuses Isn't the Only Answer to Meeting Penn State's Challenges," for speaking out in defense of Penn State's land-grant mission and the campuses that embody it.

We ask the rest of your group to consider their primary question: when it comes to the fate of the Commonwealth campuses, "Have all the viable alternative options and innovations been explored?" We believe, as they do, that the answer is a resounding no.

Please read the full letter.

Respectfully submitted,

Seven-hundred-and-seventy-five letter signers

NOTE: Letter signers are listed in alphabetical order of their last name. Please email contact@openletterpsutrustees.org for any corrections to your signature.