September 16-18, 2024
Juniata College, Center for Community Engagement
1700 Moore Street, Huntingdon, PA 16652
The next Pathways of Public Service and Civic Engagement Working Group retreat will be held at Juniata College in September 2024. Located in the rugged and scenic mountains of central Pennsylvania, Juniata’s 110-acre main campus is situated in the town of Huntingdon and is accessible from many directions and by various modes of transportation. We are only 1.5 hours from Harrisburg, 2.5 hours from Pittsburgh, and only 3.5 hours from Baltimore, Philadelphia, and D.C. See more detailed options in the transportation section below.
The goals of the retreat are to build connections among Working Group members, share promising practices, explore new ways to use the Pathways, and deepen the potential of the Pathways framework and survey tool. The retreat will allow us to do more intentional, focused work as a group than we can accomplish during our regular Zoom meetings, in addition to enabling informal dialogues and discussion.
Cost: $175 per person
Agenda
A detailed agenda will be determined closer to the event date. We anticipate starting at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 16, and ending at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18.
Logistics
Parking is free on campus. There are visitor parking lots and street parking available. Metered street parking and public parking lots are available in downtown Huntingdon.
The closest airport is the University Park airport in State College, PA. It is about a 45 minute drive from the airport to Juniata College. There is also an airport in Harrisburg, which is about a 2 hour drive from Huntingdon.
The Amtrak line also stops in Huntingdon daily. The train station stop is about 1 mile from campus.
There is no public transportation system or Uber/Lyft to get to campus from either the airport or train station. We plan to coordinate some shuttle pick runs and possible ride sharing with others who will be coming in for the retreat.
Car rentals and private shuttles are available from the University Park Airport.
- Nittany Taxi, Airport Shuttle Service
Cost from Huntingdon to State College is about $90
Contact: (814) 867-4646 or (814)880-6234
Listed below are the two hotel options in Huntingdon. We have a block of rooms reserved at both places for the “Pathways Working Group.” There are also a couple of bed and breakfasts in the area. No hotels are within walking distance of campus. Both are about 2 miles from campus. Juniata will provide shuttles from the hotels noted below at determined times in both the morning and evening.
Hotel |
Address |
Distance to campus |
|---|---|---|
9970 Shaner Blvd. Huntingdon, PA 16652 |
2.7 miles |
|
4th St. Huntingdon, PA 16652 |
1.4 miles |
Bed and Breakfast options in the area:
- Gage Mansion B&B - 814-506-8411 - Directions to Gage Mansion
- The Inn at Solvang - 814-643-3035 - Directions to the Inn at Solvang
Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner will be provided starting with dinner on Monday evening and ending with breakfast on Wednesday morning. There is a coffee shop and restaurant (Standing Stone Coffee Company), as well as a Sheetz within a few blocks of campus, and there are café options available on campus. A brewery and other restaurants are available in downtown Huntingdon.
Tuesday evening we will coordinate transportation to the lake for a river boat dinner cruise on Raystown Lake.
If you would like to extend your stay and take advantage of the beautiful local scenery and outdoor activities like hiking and mountain biking, or the local historical locations here are some things you might want to check out!