Penn State Alumni Association

🔊 Game Day Roll Call 🔊

Let us know from where you're watching the game. Bonus points if you show photos of your chapter watch party.

Reminder: Alumni Association membership includes access to more than 130 local chapters, many of which host watch parties.

List of chapters: shorturl.at/MrczV
Group events: shorturl.at/aY7Hz
Join the Pride: alumni.psu.edu/YouBelong

Game day against the Golden Flashes 💪🏈

Next month, we're headed to USC to cheer on Penn State football!

Join letterman Adam Taliaferro, the Alumni Association, and Nittany Nation for a three-day tour package (Oct. 11-13) that includes lots of Penn State spirit, downtown LA hotel accommodations, and much more.

Register: pennstatesportstours.com/event/usc/

5 PM ET today! Join us for Library Discovery Hour and hear about amazing projects from three of our Early Career Librarians. Online or in person at Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library. Details: https://libraries.psu.edu/library-discovery-hour

It's time to welcome the newest class of Alumni Fellows! Be sure to tune into our awards ceremony at 6 p.m.

🎥: https://www.alumni.psu.edu/alumnifellow

Learn more about the award recipients: https://directory.alumni.psu.edu/s/1218/16/interior.aspx?sid=1218&gid=4&pgid=4242

The Best of The Best 😤

🍦Penn State Berkey Creamery won top honors in the 2024 Centre County Favorites, a competition celebrating the places, restaurants and local businesses that central Pennsylvania residents love.

Berkey Creamery wins top spot in awards celebrating the best of Centre County | Penn State University Penn State’s Berkey Creamery has nabbed top honors in the 2024 Centre County Favorites, a competition celebrating the places, restaurants and local businesses that central Pennsylvania residents love.

That's our guy!

There’s no stopping Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold with their Jive! 🕺

Learn more about the 2024 class of Alumni Fellows!

The Alumni Fellow Award is the most prestigious award given by the Alumni Association. Read more on each award recipient to see the local and global impact they've had: https://directory.alumni.psu.edu/s/1218/16/interior.aspx?sid=1218&gid=4&pgid=4242

Register for the awards ceremony livestream happening Wednesday at 6 p.m.: https://web.cvent.com/event/24a1718b-c968-4000-9993-b247715f4423/summary

Looking for an unrivaled fundraising opportunity?

The popular ‘Over The Edge’ event — the chance to rappel 110 feet off the south side of Beaver Stadium to support the Centre County United Way — will return to Penn State this fall!

Popular ‘Over The Edge’ fundraiser returns to Beaver Stadium on Oct. 8 | Penn State University An unrivaled fundraising opportunity — the chance to rappel 110 feet off the south side of Beaver Stadium to support the Centre County United Way — will return to Penn State on Oct. 8.

The Library Discovery Hour series gives you an up-close at Penn State University Libraries, a Top-10 research library in North America. Up next, at 5 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 19:

Hear early-career librarians share insights into their research endeavors and gain valuable perspectives on the evolving landscape of library services.

RSVP: shorturl.at/rrqcx

Homecoming is only two weeks away!

See what's planned for the big weekend (Sept. 27-28). We're excited to once again invite alumni and friends to join us and celebrate Penn State Homecoming.

Alumni Association invites Penn Staters to celebrate Homecoming Weekend | Penn State University The Penn State Alumni Association invites all Penn Staters to the University Park campus to celebrate Homecoming Weekend 2024, set for Sept. 27-28. This year’s theme, “In Every Roar, Tradition Soars,” will highlight a week of events culminating with Saturday’s football game vs. Illinois. Pen...

🎗 On National Stand Up To Cancer Day, we unite in the fight for a cure.

Together, we dance, we give, and we believe that every step brings us closer to ending this fight.

THON and Four Diamonds saved his life…but how do you “graduate” from a community you’ve been part of since you were two years old? Who are you outside of it? Today, Tucker Haas ’23 H&HD is going after his dream of being a motivational speaker, and has started a nonprofit, the Tucker Haas Foundation, after realizing his full-circle story has reach far beyond Penn State: https://pennstatermag.com/alumni/tucker-haas-has-story

Image description: Opening spread of “Tucker Haas Has a Story” with photo of Haas wearing an orange THON shirt by Cardoni.

From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Penn State campus events celebrate, honor National Hispanic Heritage Month | Penn State University From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. This year's overall theme is “Unidos en la Diversidad: Celebrating our Roots and Honoring our Her...

Join us for an Alumni Tailgate Workshop! Our CEO Paul Clifford will join host Tamra Fatemi-Badi '21 on WPSU's World Kitchen series on Oct. 8.

Tamra and Paul will share Lebanese-inspired recipes for worldly dishes to offer at your future football tailgate.

Register for free: https://ow.ly/zXCh50Tm1Yf
World Kitchen episode playlist: wpsu.org/worldkitchen

Remembering the lives lost on September 11, 2001 🇺🇸

We are...heading to Soldier Field THIS Saturday to watch the Chicago Fire take on the New York Red Bulls at Penn State Chicago night! ⚽️ Tickets are still available, so don't wait to get yours!! This is a great opportunity to catch some football (😉) during the bye week and meet some Penn Staters in the city.

Tickets are $25 each and are available here: https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Pennstate514 . We look forward to seeing you there!

PODCAST: With the Nittany Lion Inn recently reopened to the public after extensive renovations, we talked with Gary Brandeis '88, Founder and CEO of Scholar Hotels LLC.

The Scholar has developed, redeveloped, and currently operates six hotels in State College including the Nittany Lion Inn and The Penn Stater.

Podcast link: https://ow.ly/j8pf50Tkge0

Experiencing hallowed ground 🇫🇷🇺🇸

Through our Alumni Travel Program, a group of Penn Staters recently toured historical sites of Normandy, France.

The tour was hosted by Penn State ROTC Assistant Professor of Naval Science, LT Tom Toohig.

Take first look at the newly-renovated Nittany Lion Inn!

Share your favorite memories from the Inn below. ⤵️

On game day, our student leaders in Blue & White Society work with Penn State Lion Ambassadors to help create the best atmosphere in college football.

BWS students (pictured at the stadium today) distribute shakers and Lion Ambassadors create the iconic S-Zone.