Let’s face it: dorm rooms aren’t the most beautiful spaces to live in. Cinder block walls, low square footage, and unmovable furniture can make your room feel downright dreary. Here are a few things you can do to make your personal space more, well, personal. 1. Fun Lights Low-wattage institutional lighting isn’t the best look […]
Meal Points and LionCash: What’s the difference?
Shortly after arriving on campus as students for the first time, first year students quickly find out that there are two different ways to pay for things (namely food) on and around campus. Here is my attempt at explaining the differences between the campus meal plan and LionCash. What’s a meal plan and how do […]
From a Mentor: Summer Session (and LEAP) is the right choice
If there’s two words in the English language that sound like they should never go together, it’s “summer” and “school.” So why do people at the Penn State Admissions Office keep talking about something called summer session? When I first heard about summer session, my first thought was “summer school? No thanks.” I was so […]
Top five coolest buildings at Penn State
It’s no secret that there are a lot of buildings on Penn State’s campus. With 7,343 acres and 947 buildings at University Park, there’s no shortage of cool places on campus to eat, hang out, and study. Here are just a few of my favorites: Bio-Behavioral Health (BBH) and Health and Human Development (HHD) Buildings Since these […]
Student Engagement Space helps students find opportunities
Penn State is a big school that offers countless opportunities to join clubs, study abroad, and complete internships. But with so many options, it can be hard to dig through and find the best programs for you. Enter the Student Engagement Center, which just opened its physical space (appropriately called the Student Engagement Space) right […]
A day in the life: What it’s like to be a Nittany Lion
One of the first things you’ll realize as soon as you move in to college and start taking classes is that a typical weekday in college is very different from a typical weekday in high school. Instead of sitting in classrooms in one building for seven hours, you’re usually only in class for two or […]
Adobe Creative Cloud now available free to Penn State students
For a while now, Penn State students have been able to get everything from Microsoft Office to a subscription to the New York Times for no additional cost. On Monday, the popular Adobe Creative Cloud joined the lineup of products available for free to students enrolled at all Penn State campuses. Encompassing programs ranging from […]
5 tips to ace your college applications
High school seniors, the time has finally come; after years of thinking about where you want to go to college, this fall is when you complete your applications and seriously think about where you want to end up. The whole process can seem very overwhelming, especially when you consider that this is the biggest step […]
How I Learned to Love Penn State
If you had asked me in high school what college I wanted to go to, I would not have said Penn State. I had my heart set on going to school outside of my home state of Pennsylvania; more specifically, I wanted to go to New England, where I dreamed of studying in a library […]