UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 13 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State alumnus Troy S. Thornton has made a commitment to advance the University's educational equity efforts through the creation of a new discretionary fund designed to address emerging and evolving programmatic needs across the institution.
Thornton, a 1991 graduate of the College of the Liberal Arts, serves as chair of Penn State's Educational Equity Advisory Board (EEAB) - a volunteer leadership body that partners closely with University leadership to provide strategic counsel, philanthropic leadership and advocacy in support of Educational Equity priorities. In that role, Thornton has helped shape long-term vi...