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2018 Homecoming parade parking and traffic impacts

10/10/18

Transportation Services has announced traffic, parking and transit impacts related to Friday's Homecoming parade, which will wind through campus and downtown State College this Friday, Oct. 12, beginning at 6 p.m.

Student Homecoming Court students pose together for a selfie

Penn State Homecoming to promote inclusivity with gender-neutral court

4/9/18

Penn State Homecoming will move to a gender-neutral court in 2018, as part of an effort by the student-run Homecoming Committee to foster more diversity and gender inclusivity. In addition, two students will be named “Guide State Forward” award winners, reflecting this year’s Homecoming theme.

Penn State Homecoming lawn display, 1947

Penn State Homecoming: Remembrance, reflection and revelry

10/7/15

Ross Lehman, a 1942 graduate of Penn State and executive secretary of the Penn State Alumni Association from 1970-83, once declared that “traditions give a university its heart and substance.” He could easily have been describing Homecoming, which represents some of the longest standing and most cherished University traditions. Penn State will kick off Homecoming Weekend 2015 with the traditional Homecoming Parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, and face off against Indiana University at noon on Saturday, Oct. 10.

Four Schreyer Scholars named to 2015 Penn State Homecoming student court

9/25/15

Schreyer Scholars Josh Bram, John Connolly, Kevin Montminy and Abby Renko will have the honor of representing the student body and will participate in Homecoming events as members of the Penn State Homecoming student court. The week of festivities begins Oct. 4 and concludes with the crowning of a Homecoming king and queen during halftime of the Oct. 10 Penn State football game against Indiana.

Penn State Homecoming 2015 to host Legacy Celebration

4/21/15

Penn State Homecoming will host its 5th annual Legacy Celebration to celebrate the spirit of the upcoming Homecoming season and to welcome the 2015 Honorary Grand Marshal. The Legacy Celebration will take place Wednesday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout the ground and first floors of the HUB.

Lion at Homecoming Legacy Celebraion

Homecoming 2014 bridges generations with week of events

9/23/14

For many, Penn State Homecoming is steeped in tradition — alumni coming back to campus, the parade, the Homecoming court and the football game — but one tradition that might not immediately come to mind is the fact that students are the ones who work year-round to organize the annual celebration.

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