As the instrumentalists take the field, the Drum Major makes his flip, the Blue Sapphire throws her baton, the Silks wave their flags and the Majorettes twirl and dance this Saturday, the Blue Band will start to celebrate 125 years!

Though the Blue Band celebrates its 125th anniversary, a subsection of the group, the Blue Band Silks, will be celebrating 50 years this year.

On Sunday, September 29, 2024, The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau will host not one, not two, but three published Blue Band authors for a special Book Signing from 10 am to noon! Books will only be $20 plus all items in the newly restocked The Happy Valley Store will be 12.5% off during the signing in celebration of the Blue Band’s 125th anniversary!

Penn State Homecoming 2024 will take place Sept. 22-28, as announced today (Feb. 22) by the Homecoming executive committee. A week of celebrations and festivities will lead up to the Penn State football game versus Illinois on Sept. 28, at Beaver Stadium.

Forty years ago, Greg Woodman spent his tuition money to print Penn State T-shirts to sell at tailgates. It was a move that wasn’t very popular with his parents, but it paid off, big time.

Dave Gerdes spent nearly 40 years in sales and marketing for major hotel firms like Marriott, Hilton International, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Omni before coming back to Happy Valley to serve as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau. He says that his career happened because of a road trip detour to visit an old roommate.

Hyatt Place Sales Manager Tiffany Wren says that she fell into working in hospitality by accident, and has watched it blossom into a career she loves.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (February 25, 2022) — The 2022 Homecoming Executive Committee is pleased to announce the 2022 Penn State Homecoming Week will be held Sunday, October 16 through Saturday, October 22, 2022.

“We like to think we have something for everybody,” says Curtis Shulman, Director of Operations at Hotel State College & Co., a Penn State alumni-run company that owns the Allen Street Grill, the Corner Room, Bill Pickle’s Tap Room, Chumley’s Cocktail Bar, the Basement Nightspot and Zeno’s Pub — all on one block a mere stone’s throw from Penn State’s Old Main.