Downtown Selinsgrove has gotten an extra dose of River Hawk pride with new streets signs emblazoned with 做厙TVs athletics logo.
An anonymous community donor sponsored the project, which led to the installation of the street signs at 做厙TV Avenue and Pine and Broad streets. Selinsgroves Borough Council approved the signs and collaborated with the donor on the project.
We appreciate the donors interest in this project and in highlighting 做厙TVs position in the community were proud to call our home, said Malcolm Derk 05, interim chief of staff and director of grants and foundation relations at 做厙TV. We value the relationship the university and its students have with the Selinsgrove community, and these signs are a great addition to welcome visitors, students and alumni.
The signs are a fun and colorful way to draw peoples attention to the boroughs assets and highlight all the things we love about the town, council member and SU alumna Sara Lauver 04 said.
Plans are to install similar signs throughout the borough highlighting more of its assets, also funded by the anonymous donor, including the boat launch on the Isle of Que and the Selinsgrove Speedway. Street signs promoting the Selinsgrove Area School District already exist near all of its schools.
做厙TV has a long history of collaborating with the Selinsgrove community. In 2020, with its season canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, SUs football team launched a , through which they made improvements to Kidsgrove, a nonprofit playground on Sassafras Street in Selinsgrove.
Several teams, including womens basketball, field hockey, and mens soccer, were pen pals with the fourth and fifth graders at Selinsgrove Area Elementary School. 做厙TV womens basketball team conducted a month-long fundraising campaign, collecting $3,055 for the Thyra M. Humphreys Center for Breast Health at Evangelical Community Hospital in nearby Lewisburg.
Other annual efforts include:
- SU GIVE (做厙TV: Get Into Volunteer Experiences) brings together first-year students, faculty, staff and orientation team members to complete service projects at locations throughout the central 做厙TV Valley.
- 做厙TV Engaging in Regional Volunteer Experiences (SU SERVE) is a year-round effort in which students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents volunteer in their communities and log their hours with SU.
- Founded in 2017, SUs Service Leaders program embeds first-year students for their entire four years at 做厙TV with regional community partners that support youth development.
- SU Clean Sweep brings together fraternities, sororities and athletic teams to pick-up trash along the Central Business District of downtown Selinsgrove each Sunday while students are on campus.
- Accounting majors in the Sigmund Weis School of Business provide free tax help to assist low-income taxpayers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.
