The Alumni Association will host the official Penn State Tailgate at each away football game this season, providing a convenient experience on game day.
Penn State will conclude the 2017-18 academic calendar with summer commencement ceremonies on Saturday in the Bryce Jordan Center. A total of seven Nittany Lion student-athletes have been approved to receive their diplomas this weekend, boosting Penn State Athletics to 145 graduates during the 2017-18 academic year.
Penn State’s comprehensive and successful athletic program has again been ranked among the nation’s top 10, according to a five-year survey compiled by Yahoo! Sports.
Penn State men’s basketball rising junior forward Lamar Stevens has been invited to participate in the 2018 Nike Basketball Academy Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 8 to 12 in Los Angeles.
On Aug. 25, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus will host a softball and baseball fields dedication and the fourth annual Concert on the Lawn. Both events are free and open to the public.
Penn State Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour recently announced the promotion of three Intercollegiate Athletics staff members and new titles and expanded duties for two additional members of the ICA team.
Led by 13 students who earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages this past year, 90 Penn State student-athletes have garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Awards for the 2017-18 academic year. The 90 honorees are Penn State’s second-highest total over the 10 years of the program.
The Penn State All-Sports Museum and Nittany Lion Club will hold Levi Lamb Day on July 18 in recognition of the life and career of Levi Lorenzo Lamb, a renowned three-sport athlete at Penn State who died in the service of his country during World War I.
The 2018-19 nonconference schedule for Penn State men’s basketball has been finalized by head coach Patrick Chambers. Seven of the 11 nonconference opponents participated in postseason play last season, with five earning berths in the NCAA Tournament.
Penn State student-athletes continued to elevate their academic performance during the 2018 spring semester, breaking one overall school record and tying two other marks.
The Nittany Lions placed No. 12 in the final 2017-18 Learfield Directors’ Cup rankings, finishing in the top 15 for the eighth time in the past nine years. Penn State remains one of only nine programs nationwide to have finished in the top 25 in all 25 Learfield Directors' Cup final standings.
The Penn State football team hosted the annual Lift for Life event on Saturday, June 30, in Holuba Hall on the University Park campus. The event, now in its 16th year, raises money to help fight and fund research for rare diseases.
For the sixth consecutive year, Penn State student-athletes in the spring/at-large sports have broken their Academic All-Big Ten record total, boosting the Nittany Lions to an overall record high for 2017-18.
In what has become an annual tradition, the Penn State football team took a break from summer workouts to visit Four Diamonds patients, their families and the staff at the Children's Hospital at Penn State Hershey on June 21.
George M. Middlemas Jr., a Penn State alumnus and generous University donor, particularly to the University Libraries, died June 14 in Bachelor Gulch, Colorado, two days after his 72nd birthday.
