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Penn State Day Agenda

Saturday, October 4, 2025, from 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

On the Ivyside Campus

Steven A. Adler Athletic Complex

Welcome; Admissions and Financial Aid Presentation
9:30–10:30 a.m.

Academic Info Fair
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Please reference the academic handout for a list of degree programs.

Sports and Recreation
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Port-Sky Café, Mountain View Room

Information Fair
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn more about Admissions, Financial Aid, Housing, and Health and Wellness.

Various Locations

Lab Tours
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Tour academic labs. Please see the academic handout for a complete list.

E. Raymond Smith Building

Campus Tours
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Last tours depart at 12:30 p.m. Take a student-led walking campus tour. Tours leave from C102 Smith Building.

Lawn Outside of Maple Hall

Residence Hall Tours
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Talk with residence life staff and student RAs. View a residence hall room.


At the Downtown Campus

Noon–1:30 p.m.
Interested in communications, nursing, rail transportation engineering, or IST programs? You’ll want to visit our downtown campus, located just three miles from our Ivyside campus, to meet our faculty and tour our facilities, including the nursing simulation lab.

Directions to the downtown campus can be found in your folder. When visiting the Aaron Building, please park in the lot across from the building entrance.

Aaron Building (Downtown Campus)

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Lunch

Dine at our Port-Sky Café whenever suits your schedule. Please use your lunch vouchers provided at registration.

Need some retail therapy?

Our bookstore is open 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. today.

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A full-service, four-year, residential campus located less than 45 miles from the research campus at University Park. Offering 21 four-year degrees and the first two years of over 275 Penn State majors.
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  • Academics
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    • Delays, Closings, and Early Dismissals
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