UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — All new and returning graduate students are encouraged to join the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School and Paul Robeson Cultural Center for the 2025 Graduate Student Welcome Engagement Fair. This semester kickoff event will take place Thursday, Aug. 28, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall, HUB-Robeson Center at University Park.
Graduate students can drop by the fair to learn about graduate student organizations and University support resources available to help them excel at Penn State. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from and speak to Levon T. Esters — vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of the Fox Graduate School — and enjoy complimentary snacks, refreshments, massages and a photo booth.
The Welcome Engagement Fair will feature more than 35 exhibitor information tables, consisting of offices and organizations that support and engage with students throughout their academic careers. Visit the Fox Graduate School website for more information on the event.
Resource offices and graduate student organizations attending the Welcome Engagement Fair include:
- Office of Student Aid
- Pan-African Professional Alliance
- Student Disability Resources
- University Health Services - Student Health Insurance
- Transportation Services
- Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development
- University Libraries
- College of Agricultural Sciences, Office of Access & Equity
- Health Promotion and Wellness
- Eberly College of Science Office of Diversity and Inclusion
- Fox Graduate School Office of Fellowships and Awards Administration
- Graduate Women in Engineering
- Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA)
- Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center
- Latin American Graduate Student Association
- Plant Institute Scholars
- Incarnation Campus Fellowship
- Office of Ethics and Compliance
- Penn State Global Engagement
- College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Office of Educational Equity
- Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion (CEOI)
- Multicultural Engineering Graduate Association
- English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center (EPPIC)
- Bridges International
- Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
- Black Graduate Student Association
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Graduate and Professional Outdoor Club at University Park
- College of Arts and Architecture Office of Research, Creative Activity and Graduate Studies
- Relationship Violence Outreach, Intervention, and Community Education Center (R-VOICE)
- Graduate Student Association in Information Sciences and Technology
- Entomology Graduate Student Association
- Acoustical Society of America - Penn State Student Chapter
- Office of Graduate Educational Engagement Programs
- Science Policy Society
- Graduates in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (GWGSS)
- ASBMB Graduate and Postdoc Chapter
- Paul Robeson Cultural Center