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A National Holiday: Spotify Wrapped

This past Wednesday was one of the most celebrated days of the year, Spotify Wrapped release day. Each year at the beginning of December, Spotify will release to its users their “wrapped” for the year, which includes their top listened-to artists, most...

Student Engagement Expo

This Wednesday at the HUB, I will participate in the Student Engagement Expo, put on by Penn State’s Student Engagement Network, as a poster presenter. My poster will entail the work I completed through my experience of being the Executive Director of State of...

Rose, Bud, Thorn

(Shoutout to Olivia Fisher for this idea) Rose: Last weekend, I was able to travel home to York, PA and spend some time with my family and friends before returning to school until Fall Break. Taking the time to remove myself from the hustle and bustle of State College...

Fall Fashion

It is the best time of the year for fashion. As the temperature drops, the opportunities for your wardrobe and accessorizing increase. I find that the summer is a time of inspiration-less outfits, as you can’t really do much with needing to stay cool and wear as...

Nittany Neverland: Lion Ambassadors Homecoming

This past week was my last homecoming as a Penn State Student, and I had the honor of walking in the parade for my organization, Lion Ambassadors. This year, we had the theme of Nittany Neverland, an ode to Peter Pan, which was bittersweet considering the sentiment of...

New Positions for a New Year

With much inspiration coming from Olivia’s post, I am eager to announce that I have been selected as the Director of Internal Affairs (DIA) of Lion Ambassadors for the 2024-2025 school year. This is a position that I have had my sights set on since I joined the...

Living in a “College House”

As this school year comes to a close I am getting ready to say goodbye to apartment life and move in to an un-air conditioned, seemingly falling apart at the seams college house for my senior year. Though none of those adjectives are objectively positive, I could not...

State of State Spring Conference

The 10th-annual State of State Spring Conference is coming up this Tuesday and I could not be more thrilled! I joined State of State my freshman year after I stumbled upon it at the involvement fair fall freshman year. Having two sisters who attended Penn State before...

My Favorite Class Gifts

Being a Lion Ambassador, and a Penn State Student, I have become very familiar with all of the class gifts our university has received each year. From the 1861 class gift of the Portrait of Evan Pugh at Old Main to the 2024 UPUA Basic Needs Endowment, our university...

New Music Sunday

Hello people of PLA! As I am stumped for a blog topic for this week, I plan to detail for you all some of my favorite songs as of recent. They are not necessarily “new” songs, but they are some of my current hyperfixations. Hopefully, this can inspire some...