Facilities
Mission
To provide and maintain safe, functional and effective environments for HHD faculty, staff and students in support of their academic, research, service and administration goals.
Critical Functions
- Coordinate with units to support OPP initiated shutdowns (routine and emergency maintenance)
- Coordinate unit project and renovation requests with the Office of the Physical Plant (OPP)
- Approve scheduling and event set-up for locations managed by the College via 25Live
- Organize and coordinate unit relocations and installations of office furniture/lab equipment
- Collaborate with the Physical Security Office to maintain compliance with access controls and audits
- Maintain HHD facilities data in LionSpace (Penn State facilities information system)
- Fulfill Master Access Coordinator responsibilities for HHD (CCure card swipe access for building/secure locations) and key coordinator duties for units in the Dean’s Office
- Support unit/college planning and budgeting activities with facilities data and analysis
- Maintain college property inventory and coordinate inventory reviews with the OPP property management office
- Provide support to Safety programs including pandemic response and Building Emergency Evacuation Program (BEEP)
- Manage parking permit program for HHD, parking chair is Kevin Kelliher in HHD 424
- Pick-up & deliver mail and packages
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are the hours of operation for Facilities and where is the team located?
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The Facilities office is open work days from 8AM to 4:30PM and is located in the HHD building (Skip & Terry are in room 140, the Facilities Representative is in 423 and Kevin is in 424). Carly is located in room 6 of the Eisenhower Parking Deck. Campus map showing HHD building. Please contact us for an introduction or to learn more about Facilities in HHD/Penn State.
- How many locations are there in the HHD building portfolio?
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HHD currently operates from 11 locations on the UP campus and 3 off-campus leased locations (2 in State College and 1 in Altoona) with over 300k square feet of total space.
- How are requests for assistance with facilities issues coordinated?
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Requests should be initiated through the facilities POC for your unit, they can assist with the appropriate entry points. Unit POCs are listed below.
- I noticed something that doesn’t seem right (a continuously running faucet) or a situation that appears potentially dangerous (ice on an untreated sidewalk). Whom should I notify?
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Please note the basic details of the situation (time, location and concern) and send this information to either your unit facilities POC or any member of the Facilities team via email or phone call.
- Where can I find information on the university response to COVID?
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The University COVID page offers updated information. Another useful resource for Penn State COVID information is the Environmental Health and Safety page.
- What are the current major projects or active plans for HHD?
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Currently the two largest projects in the HHD portfolio are a renovation of the Research A building to support the relocation of the CSD Clinic from the Ford Building and a planned renovation of the Kinesiology Towers that will deliver spaces for expanding curriculum and additional research. The Penn State Capital Plan 2018-2023 is a valuable resource for broad awareness of projects occurring across the PSU system (there are no HHD projects in that Capital Plan).
Key Related Resources
HHD Unit Facilities Contacts List
| Unit | POC | |
| Bio-Behavioral Health (BBH) | Elaina Read | ecl5043@psu.edu |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) | Denise Gladd | dag20@psu.edu |
| Health Policy and Administration (HPA) - Ford & Keller | Wendy Thomas | wtj10@psu.edu |
| Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) | Dawn Nelson | dmn3@psu.edu |
| Kinesiology – Recreation Building (Kines) | Mary Waechter | mew5029@psu.edu |
| Kinesiology - Noll Lab | Randy McCullough | ram25@psu.edu |
| Nutrition (NUTR) | Julie Brenneman | jqk7@psu.edu |
| Recreation, Park and Tourism Management (RPTM) | Deanna Confer | dml21@psu.edu |
| School of Hospitality Management (SHM) | Lara Jackson | ljw21@psu.edu |
| Center for Childhood Obesity Research (CCOR) | Jennifer Graham | jdg5763@psu.edu |
| Center for Health Care Policy Research (CHCPR) | Ellen Plante | ejp17@psu.edu |
| Center for Healthy Aging (CHA) | Leah Mehm | lmp18@psu.edu |
| Prevention Research Center (PRC) | Luann Rhodes | ler16@psu.edu |
| Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center (EPIS) | Cheryl Stamm | cls56@psu.edu |
| Clinical Research Center (CRC) | Cynthia Flanagan | chf117@psu.edu |
| PA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) | Christine Brennan | cmb49@psu.edu |
| PA Office of Rural Health (PORH) | Laura Zimmerman | laz6@psu.edu |
| Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) | Lidiya Kolonina | lsk5190@psu.edu |
| Dean's Office | Kevin Kelliher | kxk84@psu.edu |
