Events

January 2025

LinkedIn Masterclass by the LinkedIn Guys

When: January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025
Where: Online
Free to all members of the Penn State Alumni Association, this course takes you through a process to optimize LinkedIn for job search and networking success. The course is taught...

Job Search Tune Up Group

When: January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025
Where: Online
The Alumni Career Services office of the Penn State Alumni Association (PSAA) begins its "Job Search Tune Up" group on January 1. This is a PSAA member-only benefit that features...

February 2025

Financial and Life Skills Center: Insure Your Future

When: February 18, 2025
Where: Online
What's your plan for handling life's expensive and unexpected curveballs? A car accident, flooded apartment, or bad case of the flu — whatever will you do?! Insurance can help protect...

Navigating Alumni Career Services

When: February 19, 2025
Where: Online
For Penn State alumni considering or in the midst of a career change or job transition, this webinar will showcase the many resources available through Penn State Alumni Career Services...

Discoveries in the Archives

When: February 19, 2025
Where: Online
Join Dr. Ellen Knodt as she talks about how reading an author’s early manuscripts and letters can lead to discoveries of changes in the meaning of a particular work or...

Penn State Dance Marathon (THON™)

When: February 21, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Where: University Park, PA
THON™ is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, with more than 16,500 Penn State student volunteers. The Penn State community, including current students and alumni, rallies around those participating...

Penn State World Campus Alumni Society Leadership Meeting

When: February 22, 2025
Where: Online
Penn State World Campus Alumni Society Leadership is holding its quarterly meeting. Meetings are open to World Campus alumni and former students who are active members of the Penn State...

March 2025

Writing a Strong Résumé

When: March 5, 2025
Where: Online
This free online event is provided by the Penn State Alumni Association's Alumni Career Services team and addresses strategies for writing a strong résumé and standing out in applicant tracking...

Intersections Film Series: Resistance Climbing

When: March 5, 2025
Where: Online
Join Penn State Sustainability for a screening of Resistance Climbing, which profiles Palestinian American Andrew Bisharat, an expert rock climber, and provides a different view of how people are impacted...

Expanding Horizons: Bringing Tech Together in Austin

When: March 13, 2025
Where: Austin,
The Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) and Penn State World Campus are hosting an evening gathering for alumni with Penn State leaders Dr. Andrea Tapia, dean...

Financial and Life Skills Center: Car Shopping

When: March 18, 2025
Where: Online
Buying a car is one of the most expensive purchases you will make in a lifetime. When looking to purchase such an important asset, you could think in either way:...

Penn State Water Conference 2025

When: March 20, 2025 – March 21, 2025
Where: State College,
The Penn State Association of Water Students (PAWS) and the Water Council proudly present the 2025 Water Conference, Water on the Horizon, set for March 20–21 in State College. This...

The Animal as Source of Human Excellence

When: March 20, 2025
Where: Online
This lecture will present ideas from Dr. Glen Mazis’ research that our distinctive human excellences are not the result of transcending our “animal nature,” but rather are founded upon the...

April 2025

Penn State Defense and Intelligence Career Summit in D.C.

When: April 6, 2025
Where: Washington, D.C.
This event is designed for mid-career alumni in the defense and intelligence sector and related employers, agencies, and organizations. The event’s agenda, created in consultation with representatives from Penn State’s...

May 2025

Financial and Life Skills Center: Retirement Planning

When: May 13, 2025
Where: Online
Retirement planning refers to planning your finances for the period of life after you stop working. Several factors need to be considered, including at what age you hope to retire...

Financial and Life Skills Center: Identity Theft

When: May 27, 2025
Where: Online
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your legal name, credit card number, social security number, passwords, or pins of your financial accounts to make purchases, get cash, or commit fraud...

August 2025

November 2025

The Global Impact Forum

When: November 3, 2025 – November 5, 2025
Where: Pittsburgh, PA
Penn State and Global Silicon Valley (GSV) invite entrepreneurs, nonprofits, educators, and higher education students to attend The Global Impact Forum (TGIF) 2025. The theme for this special event is...

Penn State World Campus Alumni Society Leadership Meeting

When: November 22, 2025
Where: Online
Penn State World Campus Alumni Society Leadership is holding its quarterly meeting. Meetings are open to World Campus alumni and former students who are active members of the Penn State...