Penn State Outreach

06/01/2026

Happy National Pride Month! We at Penn State Outreach acknowledge and encourage everyone's individuality and are proud to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. 🫶

For a list of LGBTQ+ support resources courtesy of The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, visit: bit.ly/4o3qQqz

05/29/2026

05/26/2026

Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of the Penn State Blue Band? 🎺🥁

The 2026 Blue Band High School Summer Clinic gives high school marching band instrumentalists and band front members the opportunity to learn the traditions of the Penn State Marching Blue Band in a student-centered, inclusive, and encouraging environment — all while getting a taste of life at Penn State University Park.

Participants will work directly with Penn State Blue Band directors, staff, and students to strengthen their musicianship and marching fundamentals.

📍 Penn State University Park
📅 June 25–27, 2026
📝 Registration closes June 4

Learn more and register: https://sites.psu.edu/bluebandclinic/about/registration/

05/22/2026

Behind every meaningful event is a student helping make it happen. 🌱

Earlier this month, the Flourishing in Adolescence Summit gathered educators, researchers, student leaders, and community members in Pittsburgh to discuss how schools can better support student well-being, connection, and purpose.

Penn State student Harinder Rakhra played a key role in making the event happen by coordinating logistics, managing the attendee experience, capturing content during the day, and helping ensure the summit’s success.

Penn State Outreach was proud to support the event with the Readiness Institute at Penn State, the College of Health and Human Development, and other university and community partners who are dedicated to helping the next generation.

This work shows our Commonwealth Commitment to preparing students through hands-on learning, teamwork, and real-world impact.

05/21/2026

From Summer Discovery to Penn State commencement 🎓

In 2021, Chiara Harris joined the very first Readiness Institute Summer Discovery cohort looking for connection, purpose, and new opportunities during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, she’s graduating from Penn State as a first-generation college student and former RI Junior Instructor who returned to help guide future students through the same program that helped shape her own journey.

Her story is a reminder of the impact mentorship, experiential learning, and community can have on a student’s path forward 💙

Read Chiara’s full story at

As a member of the inaugural Readiness Institute Summer Discovery cohort in 2021, Chiara Harris began her Penn State journey searching for purpose, connection, and opportunity during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Four years later, she graduates from Penn State as a first-generation colle...

05/19/2026

Penn State Outreach connects people, communities, and opportunities across Pennsylvania.

Through the Commonwealth Commitments, Outreach focuses on three priorities that guide this work:
- Inspire Discovery
- Prepare Students
- Serve Pennsylvania

Together, these commitments help expand access to learning, prepare the next generation of leaders, and strengthen communities across the Commonwealth.

Explore how Penn State Outreach is making an impact across Pennsylvania.

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The Commonwealth Commitments define the work of Outreach it in a way that ensures it will create impact that supports Penn State’s land-grant mission.

05/13/2026

Over the weekend, Penn State Outreach celebrated a few familiar faces. 🎓✨

Huge congratulations to three members of our Outreach community on their graduations:

🎓 Fred Quinn — B.A. in Political Science, Penn State College of the Liberal Arts

🎓 Sadie Wilhelm — B.A. in Advertising/Public Relations, Penn State Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

🎓 Georgia Gonzalez — Master of Marketing in Marketing Analytics and Insights The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School Penn State Smeal College of Business

From supporting students and communities across Pennsylvania to helping tell the stories behind Outreach’s impact, each of them has played a meaningful role in our mission.

Fred serves as the Alumni Network Coordinator for the Readiness Institute, helping build connections that continue long after programs end.

Sadie has brought creativity, energy, and storytelling to Outreach as a Social Media Intern, helping capture moments and experiences across our programs.

Georgia serves as the Social Media Manager for Penn State Outreach, leading strategy and storytelling efforts that connect communities with Outreach’s work across the Commonwealth.

We’re incredibly proud of all they’ve accomplished 💙

05/08/2026

Outreach is about people—and watching them grow along the way. 💙

What started as a student employee experience became part of Sadie’s story at Penn State.

Now, in chapter two, she’s answering the same questions with a graduation cap, new perspective, and a lot more memories behind her. 🎓📼

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05/08/2026

Over the past few years, Sadie has helped tell so many stories at Penn State Outreach — capturing moments, creating content, and bringing creativity and care into everything she does.

Now it’s her turn to be celebrated.

Congratulations, Sadie, on your graduation! We’re so excited to see what comes next and grateful to have been part of your journey along the way. 🎓✨

05/07/2026

Service is at the heart of Penn State’s land-grant mission.

Across Pennsylvania, Penn State Outreach partners with communities, organizations, and industries to provide programs, training, and resources that strengthen the Commonwealth.

From workforce development and community initiatives to public safety training and educational programs, these partnerships help communities grow, adapt, and thrive.

This work reflects our commitment to Serve Pennsylvania.

Learn more about how Penn State Outreach supports communities across the state:

We serve Pennsylvania by offering programs and resources that benefit our neighbors and empower organizations to improve communities.