Student Activity Fee At Work

What is the Student Activity Fee?

The Student Activity Fee is a fee that every registered student at Penn State Harrisburg is required to pay. The purpose of the SAF is to provide students with the funds to enhance their co-curricular campus experience.

How are the Student Activity Fee funds allocated?

The request for SAF funding is submitted to the SAF committee. This committee is responsible for reviewing proposals and allocating activity fee monies in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of the fee.

Examples of programs that the Student Activity Fee Funds have supported:

• Residence Life — Play in New York
• Graduate Student Association — Lecture Paul Rusesabagina — Hotel Rwanda
• Student Government Association — Laser Tag
• International Film Festival
• Fencing Club — Equipment

Who are the members of the Student Activity Fee Committee?

The SAF committee is comprised of six students representative of the campus student population; one of which is the president of the Student Government Association and also serves as the Co-chair; one faculty representative; one staff representative and one staff assistant. Typically the representation looks like the following:

• Staff member from Student Affairs Office, Co-Chair
• One staff assistant
• One traditional undergraduate student
• One non-traditional undergraduate student
• One graduate student
• SGA President, Co-Chair
• One faculty member
• One commuter student
• One resident student

For a list of the current members please contact the Student Affairs Office in Olmsted, C120 or call 717-948-6108.