2023

December 7, 2023

$1.5 million estate commitment to fund equity-targeted scholarships

Alumnus W. Forrest Coley Jr. has stepped forward to support Penn State students who contribute to the diversity of the student body

November 2, 2023

Penn State's enrollment remains strong in 2023

University-wide enrollment totals 87,903. Penn State welcomed 16,239 first-year undergraduate students in fall 2023, and overall enrollment remains steady across the institution, according to the University’s annual enrollment snapshot released today (Nov. 2).

October 27, 2023

Track 2 of BUILD @ Penn State diversity education program to launch Nov. 3

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to combating bias and intolerance and building a more diverse, equitable institution that welcomes community members from all backgrounds and identities, Penn State will launch Track 2 of the BUILD @ Penn State program on Nov. 3.

October 24, 2023

Trustees receive updates on enrollment strategy, demographic trends

Leaders from the Office of Educational Equity and Office of Enrollment Management deliver overview of current demographic trends, strategies for enrollment to Board of Trustees committee

April 10, 2023

New senior faculty mentor named, support for Commonwealth Campuses expanded

Jeanine Staples-Dixon, professor of literacy and language, assumed the role of senior faculty mentor in the Office of Educational Equity in January, to fill a position left vacant when Jennifer Hamer was named Penn State’s special adviser for institutional equity.