You finally decided where to go to school, you’ve picked your roommate or gone random, and you’re done with high school. Now what?? You might be super nervous about going to college, or you might be anxiously counting down the days. Whatever the case, here are some tips for what you can do the summer […]
How to handle your indecision about where to go to college
Now that the May 1 deadline is approaching, the question of “Where will I go to college?” is more present than ever. If you’re like me, you still don’t know where you want to go to school. I had my heart set on going to Fordham University in New York City for virtually all of […]
Penn State Knows Music
No matter what your taste in music, Penn State has you covered. There are multiple venues offered on campus, and this leads to multiple concerts a year. They range from large-scale performances in the Bryce Jordan Center to free smaller concerts in the HUB’s Alumni Hall. Free concerts in the HUB are a great way […]
Cafe Laura: Penn State’s Student Run Restaurant
Penn State’s Hospitality Management Program is one of the best. The capstone class for the major is HM430. This class places students into groups and they plan theme dinners at Cafe Laura, an on-campus restaurant in the Mateer Building. The theme dinners range from Star Wars to Mardi Gras. One of the themes this semester was […]
Top 5 Spots to See on a Campus Tour
College tours are pretty inclusive- they try to show you everything they can. However, with a school as big as Penn State, it’s hard to show you all the campus has to offer. While you’re sure to pass all of these spots on your tour, revisit them when it’s over and spend some extra time […]
College of Education Student Council
If you’re an education major, there are plenty of ways to get involved. One of them is the College of Education Student Council. Shannon Walker is a freshman elementary education major and she is a member of the Student Council. She answered a few questions about the group and her choice of major: How did you […]
Making Penn State’s Size Work For You
Penn State University Park is home to over 40,000 undergraduate students. With a campus that is over 8,000 acres, you can sometimes feel like a small fish in a big pond. This was something that used to scare me when I was thinking about picking a school, but now the large size is my favorite […]
Supplemental Housing Isn’t So Bad
If you’re like me, then you had a lot of trouble deciding which college to go to. I’m from out of state, so I didn’t grow up a die-hard Penn Stater. I went back and forth between Penn State and another college for months before finally deciding to come here just a couple of days […]
Pride Week at Penn State
Happy Pride Week! Pride Week is a whole week at Penn State dedicated to celebrating and creating awareness about the LGBTQA community. It is organized by the school’s LGBTQA Student Resource Center. This year’s Pride Week includes a HUB takeover, rally at Old Main, and a pride march. Special guest Angelica Ross, a transgender actress […]
Off-Campus Life
You hear a lot about what life is like on the University Park campus, but I’m sure you might be wondering about what it’s like off campus too. “Penn State is in the middle of nowhere” is a phrase that I used to hear all of the time coming from a town right by New York […]