Challenges are open to your creative and family-friendly interpretation. Remember to include your postcard in the challenges whenever possible. Download a printable PDF.
Activities
1. Activity (2 points) — Kick-Off Event: June 18, 8:00 p.m. (ET)
2. Activity (2 points) — Closing Event: June 22, 8:00 p.m. (ET)
3. Activity (2 points) — Interact with other challengers on the Facebook event page
4. Pay It Forward (15 points) — Donate a Blue & White Society membership for a student (screenshot/photo of confirmation page with personal ID removed is sufficient)
5. Shout-Out (5 points) — Give a shout-out to your favorite Penn State–owned/friendly business or endeavor (like a podcast) and share a screenshot or social media tag
Music
6. Music (5 points) — Your go-to shower anthem song (share a link to the YouTube video of the song … not the shower!)
7. Music (5 points) — Favorite song from the year you graduated (share a link to the YouTube video)
8. Music (5 points) — Share a YouTube link of a song and caption with your favorite misheard lyrics
Photos
9. Collage (8 points) — Take a photo of something in six rainbow colors
10. Collage (8 points) — Take photos of signs around town and turn them into a poem
11. Collage (8 points) — Find objects that start with every letter in your name
+ Bonus — a few of the items are Penn State items (2 points)
12. Latergram (10 points) — Choose your favorite Penn State picture, put it in ChatGPT, ask for a PhotoRoast, and share the picture and the roast
13. Photo (5 points) — Take a photo with a lion
14. Photo (5 points) — Stand next to a sign related to Penn State (but not “Penn State”)
15. Photo (5 points) — Something black and pink (Penn State’s historic colors)
16. Photo (5 points) — Something blue and white
17. Photo (5 points) — Text your favorite Penn Stater(s) and tell them how awesome they are, and then send a screen capture (remove personally identifiable contact info)
18. Photo (8 points) — At your local alumni chapter hangout
19. Photo (5 points) — Coins from the year of your favorite Penn State memory
20. Photo (5 points) — “Me and My Shadow” (photo of you and your shadow)
21. Photo (5 points) — Shade
22. Photo (5 points) — Ghost in an unusual place
23. Photo (5 points) — Sign of the state you’re in
+ Bonus (2 points) — you’re in more than one state
24. Photo (5 points) — With another Big 10 (not Penn State) fan
25. Photo (5 points) — Sunrise/sunset where you are right now
+ Bonus (2 points) — both
26. Photo (5 points) — Make a face in an inanimate object
+ Bonus (10 points) — a video to share this face’s story
27. Photo (5 points) — Play with your food! Spell something about Penn State
28. Photo (5 points) — Selfie with a statue or mannequin
+ Bonus (2 points) — the statue or mannequin is holding the camera
29. Photo (5 points) — Your favorite take-out menu
30. Photo (5 points) — Favorite office supply OR weirdest household item that makes a big difference in your life
31. Photo (5 points) — What makes where you are right now famous/historic
32. Photo (5 points) — Selfie with a meter
33. Photo (5 points) — Your state/region official flower, tree, insect, animal, bird, etc.
34. Photo (5 points) — Your favorite book
+ Bonus (2 points) — you are the author of the book
35. Photo (5 points) — Draw/write something inspiring for passersby
36. Photo (5 points) — Hat(s)
+ Bonus (2 points) — Penn State hat(s)
37. Photo (5 points) — Write your own fortune cookie fortune
+ Bonus (2 points) — Make it Penn State–related
Videos
38. Video (10 points) — Make a video of the “We Are” chant
+ Bonus (5 points) — if someone not on your scavenger hunt team answers “Penn State”
39. Video (10 points) — What is your favorite Alumni Association perk?
40. Video (10 points) — Sing a song about where you are
+ Stage fright option (5 points) — post a YouTube video
41. Video (10 points) — Your best Nittany Lion impression
42. Video (10 points) — Sing the alphabet backward
43. Video (10 points) — Find the strangest thing under $5 for sale and give it a gleaming, majestic review
44. Video (10 points) — Do the YMCA
+ Bonus (5 points) — at a YMCA
+ Bonus (2 points) — others join you
45. Video (10 points) — Read something Penn State–related in your best announcer voice
46. Video (10 points) — Most important lesson you learned while attending Penn State
47. Video (10 points) — Balance a pizza box on your nose
48. Video (10 points) — You’re a mime … in a box
49. Video (10 points) — Penn State Cowbell Cheer
50. Video (10 points) — The Hokey Pokey … because “that’s what it’s all about”