A free public screening of the sports documentary “Running Home,” which tells the story of humanitarian, accomplished middle-distance runner and coach Tony Ruiz, will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 in Carnegie Cinema.
Alumni and other fans can cheer on Penn State football at this season’s Penn State Tailgates, the premier pregame event for away games, hosted by the Penn State Alumni Association.
Penn State Shenango recently hired Rakiesha Morrison, a former Farrell High School cheerleader and Gannon University competitive cheerleader and dancer, as its new head cheerleading coach. She currently coaches competitive cheer for Fire and Ice Hermitage and is employed at the Mercer County Courthouse in Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Penn State Lehigh Valley alumni, students and community are invited to campus to celebrate their Penn State pride during the third annual WE ARE Lehigh Valley Homecoming Week, beginning Sept. 23.
Former Penn State men’s volleyball student-athletes Matt Anderson, Max Holt, and Aaron Russell and the U.S. men’s national team qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games after winning three-straight matches in the FIVB qualification tournament.
Nineteen Nittany Lion student-athletes were approved to participate in summer 2019 commencement ceremonies on the University Park campus. Penn State Athletics saw a record number of graduates, 188, for the 2018-19 academic year.
Applications for free tickets for this year's Military Appreciation football game will open on Aug. 22. Veterans, families and their loved ones have the opportunity to attend Penn State's Nov. 16 football game against Indiana, as well as a free pregame tailgate.
Former Nittany Lion student-athlete Chima Okoli has been named Penn State's new representative on the Big Ten Advisory Commission. A 2011 graduate, Okoli is the associate director of admissions for Penn State Law.
The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the selection of Kimmel, Bogrette Architecture + Site of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, to design a renovation of the Multipurpose Building at Penn State DuBois.
Penn State student-athletes continue to raise the bar in their academic excellence and achievements, shattering two overall and two semester school records during the 2019 spring semester. Among the marks broken was a 3.17 grade-point average and 58 Nittany Lions earning a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester.
Led by 15 students who earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, a school-record 117 Penn State student-athletes have garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for the 2018-19 academic year.
Nittany Lion wrestler Bo Nickal has been named the 2019 Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year. Nickal was honored from a field that featured each of the 14 Big Ten members' Male Athletes of the Year.
The Nittany Lions placed No. 13 in the final 2018-19 Directors’ Cup rankings, finishing in the top 15 for the ninth time in the past 10 years. Penn State remains one of only nine programs nationwide to have finished in the top 25 in all 26 Learfield Directors' Cup final standings.
Penn State Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Sandy Barbour has selected Alexandra Anghelescu as the 11th head coach of the women’s tennis program. A former professional on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour, Anghelescu spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach with the Nittany Lions.
Penn State Athletics has announced its Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, with NCAA champions Ally McHugh (women's swimming and diving) and Bo Nickal (wrestling) earning the honors for the highly successful 2018-19 academic year.
