Fox Graduate School

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — All new and returning Penn State graduate students are invited to the 2026 Welcome Engagement Fair for Graduate Students, hosted by the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center (PRCC) in Student Affairs.

The 2026-27 academic year kickoff event will take place 11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, in Alumni Hall, in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park.

The fair is designed for graduate students to learn about the large network of people, organizations, and offices at the University devoted to graduate student success.

Graduate students can drop by and leave the fair at their leisure. While visiting the event, students can connect with graduate student organizations and University support offices; participate in wellness activities; converse with Fox Graduate School leadership, including Levon T. Esters, vice provost for graduate education and dean; and enjoy free refreshments, mini massages, a photo booth and swag.

The Welcome Engagement Fair will include approximately 60 exhibitor tables, consisting of groups that support and engage with graduate students throughout their time at Penn State. Visit the Fox Graduate School website for more details.

Resource offices and graduate student organizations attending the Welcome Engagement Fair include:

• Agricultural and Biological Engineering Graduate Student Council
• Bellisario College of Communications Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Association
• Black Graduate Student Association
• Bridges International
• CAPS: Counseling and Psychological Services
• Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion
• Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design
• Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
• Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
• College of Education Office of Education & Social Equity
• Competitive Ballroom and Latin Dance Club at Penn State
• Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Student Association
• Curriculum and Instruction Graduate Student Association
• Demography Graduate Student Association
• Design For America
• Eberly College of Science Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Energy and Mineral Engineering Graduate Student Council at University Park
• Engineering Graduate Student Council
• English for Professional Purposes Intercultural Center
• Fox Graduate School Alumni Society
• Graduate and Professional Outdoor Club
• Graduate and Professional Student Association
• Graduate Research and Innovative Design
• Graduate Women in Engineering
• Graduate Women in Science
• Health Promotion and Wellness
• Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Graduate Student Advisory Committee
• International Agriculture and Development Student Association
• International Christian Fellowship at University Park
• Latin American Graduate Student Association
• Multicultural Engineering Graduate Association
• Navigators
• Office of Research, Creative Activity and Graduate Studies in the College of Arts and Architecture
• Office for Research Protections
• Office of Ethics and Compliance
• Office of Graduate Educational Engagement Programs: Graduate Wellness Office
• Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration
• Office of Inclusion and Diversity Engagement, College of Information Sciences and Technology
• Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Equity, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Pan African Professional Alliance
• Paul Robeson Cultural Center
• Penn State Global Engagement
• Penn State Transportation Services
• Relationship Violence Outreach, Intervention, and Community Education (R-VOICE) Center
• Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Science Policy Society
• Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
• Smeal College of Business Office of Diversity Enhancement Programs
• Statistics Consulting Center
• Student Care & Advocacy
• Student Farm and Food Systems
• Student Health Insurance
• Student Legal Services within Student Affairs
• Students for Justice in Palestine
• The Graduate Student Association in Information Sciences and Technology
• The Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center