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  • Football fans cheer and wave white pom poms.

    Make Game Day Great!

    VIDEO: Penn State game days are some of the best in the nation. As we support our student athletes this year, let's show our best blue by extending a warm welcome to our guests from all over the country.

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  • Penn State graduate student Shu Li works in a greenhouse.

    Building a better world, together.

    VIDEO: With strength, purpose, and passion, Penn Staters work together to make a mark on the world. Through these shared experiences, students and alumni form a lasting bond.

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  • Penn State graduate student Kiya Riverman peers at ice crystals growing from the ceiling of an ice cave in the Larsbreen glacier in Svalbard, Norway.

    Shedding Light on Glaciers from Within

    Ice caving started out as a weekend hobby for this graduate student, but has grown into an important part of her doctoral research.

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  • A new Penn State student gets help unpacking at her dorm from her family.

    Welcome Week 2016

    Are you ready for #PSUArrival? It's happening now. Welcome to all Penn State students and families as we look forward to a new academic year!

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  • Performing Arts for Social Change (PASC) founder Cynthia Henderson facilitates a workshop with a group of people seated in a circle in Cameroon.

    To Stage a Change

    From a young age, Penn State theater alumna Cynthia Henderson has wanted to save the world. Today, she's doing her part—through the performing arts.

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Erica Newton
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No ordinary classroom

9/12/16

Imagine your classroom is an incredible journey, traveling through South Africa and studying while also getting introduced to amazing people, places and animals. Penn State Mont Alto business management student Erica Newton experienced such a journey in spring 2016, when she participated in Penn State’s Allied for Earth Sciences Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA) Parks and People: South Africa Wild Coast Program.

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