WHO
THEY ARE: Customer service representatives, Transportation and
Parking YEARS AT PENN: Parker (right), 8 years; El-Amin (left),
14 months WHAT THEY DO: If youre a faculty or staff member looking
to park your car in a campus garage or lot, these are the people
you see first for advice on locations and rates, applications and
permits. SEPTA riders who utilize Penns Compass discount transit
pass program stop by the window each month to pick up their passes,
as do students who purchase PennPass transit passes or parking permits
through Campus Express. CUSTOMERS SERVED: 1,700 Compasses are distributed each month;
6,751 students, faculty and staff have parking permits, most of
which are mailed out at the start of the year. CONTACT INFO: Phone: 215-898-8667.
“Even though they themselves were wealthy and privileged men, they would be appalled by the impact and effect of money, not only on elections but on governance.”
Richard Beeman, the John Welsh Centennial Professor of History Emeritus, on what the founding fathers would think about today’s political atmosphere. (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2013).