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Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford and the lion mascot

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Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford showed his support for the Stand for State campaign at the Jan. 27 launch. 

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Kat Valero, left, a freshman from York; the Nittany Lion; and Eden Tesfay, a freshman from Lancaster; flexed their muscles during Penn State York's Stand for State launch on Jan. 28. 

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Kat Valero, left, a freshman from York; the Nittany Lion; and Eden Tesfay, a freshman from Lancaster; flexed their muscles during Penn State York's Stand for State launch on Jan. 28. 

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York Stand for State2

Kat Valero, left, a freshman from York; the Nittany Lion; and Eden Tesfay, a freshman from Lancaster; flexed their muscles during Penn State York's Stand for State launch on Jan. 28. 

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York students plan dramatic reading of King's 'I Have a Dream' speech

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is regarded as one of the most powerful speeches in history. Six Penn State York students will do a dramatic reading of King’s famous speech at 12:15 p.m. Feb. 4 in the conference center at Penn State York. The program, sponsored by the Penn State York Black Student Union and the campus diversity committee, is free and open to the public.
Students with their hands covered in green paint

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Seniors Katie Zambanini and Roger Salguero posed with the Nittany Lion after making their marks on the Stand for State banner at Penn State Berks' kickoff event Jan. 25.

A student prepares to leave a green handprint on a poster

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Susan Dale, staff assistant for Academic Affairs at Penn State New Kensington, helped a student apply a green handprint in support of Stand for State at the Jan. 27 launch, part of the Volunteer and Human Rights Fair during the campus' Martin Luther King Unity Week.