Oct 26, 2020 | Military Appreciation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State will honor those who served their country as part of the armed services during the University’s ninth annual Military Appreciation Week, which will take place virtually and will include special events and programming adapted to align...
Oct 21, 2020 | Military Appreciation
University Park, Pa. – The Penn State Military Appreciation Events Committee will host a Veterans Yoga Project Mindfulness Resilience event on November 11, 2020 from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. virtually. This free event will be held in support of Penn State’s Military...
Sep 25, 2019 | Military Appreciation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A partnership between Penn State and the U.S. Army has been helping to transform the way the military branch teaches its soldiers to be leaders since 2015. Nearly 80 Army sergeants major have graduated with a master’s of education in lifelong...
Sep 12, 2019 | Military Appreciation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State will host its annual 24-hour Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Remembrance Ceremony beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, on Old Main lawn on the University Park campus. In the event of severe weather, the event will be moved inside...
Sep 4, 2019 | Military Appreciation
This year’s Military Appreciation Week at Penn State will celebrate the “Greatest Generation” with events to be scheduled from Nov. 8 through the Military Appreciation football game on Nov. 16. Penn State Today would like to join in this celebration by spotlighting...
Aug 22, 2019 | Military Appreciation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When it was first enacted on June 22, 1944, near the end of the Second World War, the GI Bill changed the lives of veterans by giving them many benefits, including a tuition-free education. As the 75th anniversary of the GI bill approaches, this...