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Run: Have an escape route in mind. Hide: If unable to run from the danger, you should hide. Fight: Fighting is a last resort to be used only when your life is in imminent danger. (However, sometimes fighting may be the first and only option.)

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Penn State University Police and Public Safety reminds students, employees and visitors to familiarize themselves with the University’s official Active Attacker Response Program.

Neeli Bendapudi and Erin Boas

Neeli Bendapudi with student leaders

Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, left, joined Penn State student leaders for a discussion on Dec. 9 following her selection as the University's 19th president. Among the student leaders at the discussion was Erin Boas, pictured at right, president of the University Park Undergraduate Association and undergraduate student member of the Presidential Recruitment and Selection Committee.

View of press conference from control room

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A view from the control room as Neeli Bendapudi answers questions from the media during a press conference at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. Bendapudi, who is president of the University of Louisville, was named Penn State's next president by the Board of Trustees.

Matt Schuyler speaks with Bendapudi

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Board of Trustees Chair Matt Schuyler, left, joined Penn State President-Elect Neeli Bendapudi at a press conference following her appointment as the University's next president. Bendapudi will succeed Penn State President Eric J. Barron in 2022.

Bendapudi listens to student media

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Neeli Bendapudi, center, spoke to members of student media following her Dec. 9 appointment. Bendapudi, currently president at the University of Louisville, will become Penn State's 19th president in 2022.

Bendapudi at podium on stage flanked by two trustees

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Neeli Bendapudi, Penn State's president-elect, center, was joined on stage by Trustee David Kleppinger, left, and Board of Trustees Chairman Matt Schuyler, right. She will begin her term as Penn State's 19th president in the spring.

Bendapudi at podium thanking trustees

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After a unanimous vote on Dec. 9 by the Penn State Board of Trustees to appoint Neeli Bendapudi the University's 19th president, Bendapudi thanked the board, campus leaders and others during her introduction to the Penn State community.

Portrait of Neeli Bendapudi

Neeli Bendapudi portrait

Neeli Bendapudi was named the 19th president of Penn State on Dec. 9, 2021, by the University's Board of Trustees. She is currently president of the University of Louisville in Kentucky.