Pamela Long

About Me

Pam’s passion for giving to University Libraries is rooted in her childhood love of her local library as a place to explore possibilities. She credits those weekly visits to the Altoona Area Public Library and reading time with her family as the impetus for her early love of reading, writing and dreaming of one day attending Penn State. As a first-generation student, Pam would spend many hours in the stacks of Pattee studying to earn a B.A. in English in 1988.

Upon graduation, Pam secured a job with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. as a speech writer and researcher. Returning to PA a few years later, she put her communications skills to work in the non-profit sector. Pam held principal fundraising positions at Centre County United Way and Skills of Central Pennsylvania, before coming to Penn State College of IST as the director of the college events office in 2014. She continues to serve the community as a volunteer and board member for Mid-State Literacy Council, a non-profit organization that supports adult literacy in Centre and Clearfield counties.

Pam is delighted to continue her career at Penn State with the University Libraries development team, matching donors’ passions to impactful opportunities and benefiting our students and the greater Penn State community now and into the future.