The 2022 Penn State Homecoming Parade

Marching to a traditional Penn State beat

The Penn State Lionettes marched and performed for capacity crowds lining the streets of the University Park campus and downtown State College on the evening of Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

President Neeli Bendapudi and her family enjoyed participating in their first Penn State Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. The Homecoming Parade is one of the annual highlights of Homecoming Week at Penn State.  Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Ukulele Club strummed some traditional tunes as they marched in the 2022 Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Alumni Blue Band marched to the beat of a variety of traditional Penn State songs as they made their way through the parade route at the 2022 Penn State Homecoming Parade. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association proudly displayed a Chinese Dancing Dragon during the 2022 Penn State Homecoming Parade Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Lionettes Dance Team performed and marched through the streets of the University Park campus and downtown State College during the 2022 Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Members of the African American Organization of Washington DC chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association were one of several chapters who marched in the annual Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Students representing Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) enthusiastically made their way through the parade route at the 2022 Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Students representing Penn State's Puerto Rican Student Association proudly waved their nations flag as they marched in the 2022 Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Blue Band filled the streets with their traditional mix of Penn State fight songs as they marched in the annual Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

President Neeli Bendapudi and her family enjoyed participating in their first Penn State Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. The Homecoming Parade is one of the annual highlights of Homecoming Week at Penn State.  Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Ukulele Club strummed some traditional tunes as they marched in the 2022 Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Alumni Blue Band marched to the beat of a variety of traditional Penn State songs as they made their way through the parade route at the 2022 Penn State Homecoming Parade. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Chinese Students and Scholars Association proudly displayed a Chinese Dancing Dragon during the 2022 Penn State Homecoming Parade Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Lionettes Dance Team performed and marched through the streets of the University Park campus and downtown State College during the 2022 Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Members of the African American Organization of Washington DC chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association were one of several chapters who marched in the annual Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Students representing Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) enthusiastically made their way through the parade route at the 2022 Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Students representing Penn State's Puerto Rican Student Association proudly waved their nations flag as they marched in the 2022 Homecoming Parade on the evening of Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

The Penn State Blue Band filled the streets with their traditional mix of Penn State fight songs as they marched in the annual Homecoming Parade on Oct. 21. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons